Difference between revisions of "Newark State School"

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| current_status = [[Closed Institution|Closed]]
 
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]
 
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]]
 
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Newark State School opened as an experimental branch of Syracuse State School in 1878 and became an independent institution in 1885. The original intention of the institution was to instruct females only. This changed with the first boys being admitted in 1932.
 
Newark State School opened as an experimental branch of Syracuse State School in 1878 and became an independent institution in 1885. The original intention of the institution was to instruct females only. This changed with the first boys being admitted in 1932.
  
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== Images of Newark State School ==
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{{image gallery|[[Newark State School Image Gallery|Newark State School]]}}
 
<gallery>
 
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File:NY State custasylum2.jpg
 
File:NY State custasylum2.jpg
 
File:NY State custasylum.jpg
 
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File:newark37.png
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</gallery>
  
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[[Category:New York]]
 
[[Category:Closed Institution]]
 
[[Category:Closed Institution]]
 
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]
 
[[Category:Cottage Plan]]
[[Category:New York]]
 

Revision as of 22:09, 31 May 2013

Newark State School
Newark State School
Construction Began 1879
Closed 1991
Current Status Closed
Building Style Cottage Plan
Location Newark, NY
Alternate Names
  • Newark State School for Mental Defectives
  • State Custodial Asylum, Newark



Newark State School opened as an experimental branch of Syracuse State School in 1878 and became an independent institution in 1885. The original intention of the institution was to instruct females only. This changed with the first boys being admitted in 1932.

Images of Newark State School

Main Image Gallery: Newark State School