Delaware County Infirmary - Revision history

Squad546 at 00:47, 7 March 2026

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	==History==		==History==
			In Delaware County, commissioners in 1851 purchased several acres of land in Liberty Township to establish the Delaware County Alms House, a working farm providing shelter for those with no place to go. Known by many names, but most often as the Delaware County Infirmary and colloquially as the Poor Farm. As many as 170 people lived in the home in the early decades of the 20th century. They included not only the poor and mentally ill but those who had been injured in accidents, suffered from arthritis or syphilis and, in one case, a woman who had given birth to eight illegitimate children.

	~~The current facility of~~ the Delaware County Infirmary ~~was built in 1973. A previously standing infirmary was demolished and another former building~~ burned. ~~The new facility is still a functioning Nursing Home for~~ the ~~people of Delaware County and Muncie~~, ~~Indiana~~.~~<ref>Hassett, Kayla. "The County Home in Indiana : A Forgotten Response to Poverty and Disability." Diss. Ed. Vera A. Adams. Ball State U, 2013. Cardinal Scholar, 05 Apr. 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2014~~.~~</ref>~~		On March 23, 1915, the Delaware County Infirmary burned. Although many of the home’s residents escaped the blaze, 13 did not. Newspaper accounts that at least some of them were locked inside the building as it burned.

			The county closed the facility in the 1980s. Today the site is home to Willowbend Living Center and the Delaware County Highway Engineer. The Infirmary was situated halfway between Muncie and Selma, just north of what is now East Jackson/SR 32, but known around 1900 as Selma Pike.

	== Images of Delaware County Infirmary ==		== Images of Delaware County Infirmary ==
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	~~== References ==~~
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M-Explorer at 10:50, 5 December 2014

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 ==History==
-Current facility was built in 1973, previous infirmary was demolished and the other burned.
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{{infobox institution
| name = Delaware County Infirmary
| image = 059.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| alt =
| caption =
| established =
| construction_began =
| construction_ended =
| opened =
| closed =
| demolished =
| current_status = [[Active Institution|Active]]
| building_style = [[Single Building Institutions|Single Building]]
| architect(s) =
| location = Muncie, IN
| architecture_style =
| peak_patient_population =
| alternate_names =<br>
*Delaware County Nursing Home
*Willow Bend Living Center
}}

==History==
Current facility was built in 1973, previous infirmary was demolished and the other burned.

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[[Category:Indiana]]
[[Category:Single Building Institutions]]
[[Category:County Almshouse]]
[[Category:Active Institution]]