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|Body= In 1882 Harris County Commissioners Court ordered an assessment of the feasibility of a Poor Farm and by November 1882 the first [[Harris County Poor Farm]] and County Hospital was opened on land located near White Oak Bayou.  
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|Body= In 1866, construction began on [[Willard State Hospital|a large asylum building]] (razed in the early 1980's). Like the Eastern and Great Meadow prisons, the asylum was built on the approved institutional design of the day: a three-story center structure for administration with long wings radiating from either side for patient housing, males in one wing and females in the other.
 
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Revision as of 02:31, 2 October 2022

Featured Image Of The Week

Willard N 8.jpg
In 1866, construction began on a large asylum building (razed in the early 1980's). Like the Eastern and Great Meadow prisons, the asylum was built on the approved institutional design of the day: a three-story center structure for administration with long wings radiating from either side for patient housing, males in one wing and females in the other.