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Gradually, the state assumed responsibility for providing inpatient mental health and then in May 1915, after the Eastern Shore Hospital in Cambridge opened, 26 patients were taken for that long ride to Dorchester County. A few months earlier, nine African-American residents had been transferred to the state hospital for the colored insane at Crownsville. The asylum was torn down in 1935, when C. B. Van den Huevel was paid $50.25 to remove the structure. <ref>http://www.cecildaily.com/our_cecil/article_6a668934-ac64-11e1-ab6b-001a4bcf887a.html</ref> | Gradually, the state assumed responsibility for providing inpatient mental health and then in May 1915, after the Eastern Shore Hospital in Cambridge opened, 26 patients were taken for that long ride to Dorchester County. A few months earlier, nine African-American residents had been transferred to the state hospital for the colored insane at Crownsville. The asylum was torn down in 1935, when C. B. Van den Huevel was paid $50.25 to remove the structure. <ref>http://www.cecildaily.com/our_cecil/article_6a668934-ac64-11e1-ab6b-001a4bcf887a.html</ref> | ||
β | The actual poorhouse continued operating for several more decades. But in 1952, the county farm and almshouse went on the auction block. The land was purchased by Daniel Bathon and he donated the property to the O[blate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales. The order operates a private Catholic School, [https://www.mountaviat.org/ Mt. Aviat Academy] | + | The actual poorhouse continued operating for several more decades. But in 1952, the county farm and almshouse went on the auction block. The land was purchased by Daniel Bathon and he donated the property to the O[blate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales. The order operates a private Catholic School, [https://www.mountaviat.org/ Mt. Aviat Academy] |
The County Potter's Field, the final resting place for paupers, was located across the road from the poorhouse. At this cemetery, there are some 150 to 200 unmarked graves.<ref>https://cecilcountyhistory.com/the-potters-field-in-childs-the-final-resting-place-for-paupers/</ref> | The County Potter's Field, the final resting place for paupers, was located across the road from the poorhouse. At this cemetery, there are some 150 to 200 unmarked graves.<ref>https://cecilcountyhistory.com/the-potters-field-in-childs-the-final-resting-place-for-paupers/</ref> |