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| − | According to George Wilson's "History of Dubois County from its primitive days to 1910,"
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| − | "A poor farm was purchased in 1861. It was near the geographical
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| − | center of the county. An asylum was erected on the farm, but it was
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| − | destroyed by fire on a Sunday afternoon in the autumn of 1881.
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| − | The present asylum is situated on a splendid farm one-and-one-half
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| − | miles south of Ireland, in Madison township. The building in the extreme
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| − | measures ninety feet by one hundred twenty-nine. The structure is of
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| − | brick, which were made upon the farm. The roof is of slate. The rooms-
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| − | are all in hardwood finish. The building itself is trimmed with Bedford
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| − | stone, and to the traveler upon the road a half mile away, it presents a
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| − | pleasing, comfortable, and respectable picture, with a grove of original
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| − | growth in the background.
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| − | The building is two stories high, with a large and commodious basement.
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| − | The rooms of the superintendent are in the front center wing of the asylum ;
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| − | the women's department is in the north wing, the men's in the south. The
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| − | cooking department is in the west wing. The structure faces the east.
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| − | Each sex has its own accommodations, stair-ways, and other necessary
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| − | annexes.
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| − | The building is heated by steam. The ceiling throughout the building
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| − | is of steel, thus reducing the probabilites of a disastrous fire to a minimum.
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| − | The water for the entire building is pumped by means of a gasoline engine
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| − | into a tank, which is placed in the garret. A spring is one hundred fifty
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| − | feet north of the building. It is one of the finest in the entire county, and
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| − | certainly in the western part. A stream of water that requires an eight
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| − | inch pipe to carry it away flows constantly from the spring.
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| − | The building was erected in 189S, at a cost of $14,000. Hochgesang,
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| − | Schmidt & Schuble were the contractors. The plan was drawn by M.
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| − | F. Durlauf. The building has been extensively copied by other counties
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| − | in Indiana. During the construction of the building, A. H. Koerner was
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| − | county auditor, Joseph Fritz, Joseph Schroeder, and Conrad Jackie were
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| − | the county commissioners.
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| − | This building is a credit to the county, and to August H. Koerner' s
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| − | administration."<ref>Wilson, G. (1910). History of Dubois County from its primitive days to 1910 (1st ed., p. 376). Jasper, Indiana: Independent.</ref>
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| − | == Images of DuBois County Poor Asylum ==
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| − | {{image gallery|[[DuBois County Poor Asylum Image Gallery|DuBois County Poor Asylum]]}}
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| − | File:INdubois.png
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | == References ==
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