Bethphage Mission at Axtell

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Bethphage Mission at Axtell
Established 1913
Opened 1914
Current Status Active
Building Style Single Building
Location Axtell, NE
Alternate Names
  • Bethphage Village (current)




History

The Bethphage Mission at Axtell was owned and operated by the Swedish Lutheran Church. It was designed to care for epileptics, insane, aged and incurables. In 1918, there was a children's department and a day school. Fees were paid through charitable contributions if a patient's family or friends could not pay. On December 1, 1916, 65 patients in residence; over the next two years, 52 were admitted and 41 discharged, so that on December 1, 1918 the number of patients was 76. Today it is run by the Desert Ministries and focuses on helping the developmentally disabled.