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|Body= [[Rhode Island State Hospital|Eighteen frame buildings were constructed]] in 1870, and that November 118 mental patients were admitted - 65 charity cases from Butler Asylum, 25 from town poor houses and 28 from asylums in Vermont and Massachusetts where the state had sent them. The patients at the State Asylum were poor and believed beyond help, as is reflected in the evolution of names for the asylum.  
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|Body= This institution was opened by [[Allens Invalid Home|Dr. H.D. Allen]] in 1890, on the site of the old Oglethorpe University, which comprised 40 acres of land and a three-story brick building with 17 room and a large hall on the third floor. In 1891 a large house and 46 acres of land, about 150 yards distant from the original building, were purchased by Dr. Allen. This gave the institution two seperate buildings, one for men and one for women, and this complete separation of the sexes has continued to the present time.  
 
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Revision as of 04:27, 15 October 2023

Featured Image Of The Week

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This institution was opened by Dr. H.D. Allen in 1890, on the site of the old Oglethorpe University, which comprised 40 acres of land and a three-story brick building with 17 room and a large hall on the third floor. In 1891 a large house and 46 acres of land, about 150 yards distant from the original building, were purchased by Dr. Allen. This gave the institution two seperate buildings, one for men and one for women, and this complete separation of the sexes has continued to the present time.
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