Oneida County Alms House
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| Whiteside County Poor Farm | |
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| Established | 1827 |
| Opened | 1829 (original location) |
| Closed | 1933 |
| Current Status | Demolished |
| Building Style | Single Building |
| Location | Rome, NY |
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History
The Old Oneida County Home, the Oneida County Poor Farm served an average of 222 inmates each year with an investigation report in 1857 recording 37 deaths and a reported 31 lunatics kept at a constructed asylum building on the property. In 1894 the county home moved to the northeast side of Rome when it handed over it's old facility to the state. The Old Oneida County Home remained in operation until the 1930s, the last graves placed at the cemetery record 1931 as the latest year. Today, the Old Oneida County Home is now the Mohawk Valley Community College Campus of Rome.
- This facility was handed over to the state in 1894 that became Rome Custodial Asylum, then opened a new one in a different location
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