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|Body= In 1895 the superintendents of the poor purchased a tract of land, which was located in the northwest quarter of section 36 and the northeast quarter of section 35 in the Town of Bloom, containing 200 acres. The price paid was $5,000.00 of which amount $1,000.00 was paid down and the balance was to be made in two equal payments, in one and two years. Mr. Robert N. McKay was appointed the first overseer, thus becoming the first administrator of the institution, as we know it today. He was hired at a salary of $500.00 per year.
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|Body= Since 1839, the City of New York had been operating an asylum on Blackwell's Island for the care of the city's insane. At the time, the vast majority of the insane under municipal care were poor immigrants, who were pouring into New York City. As a result, the population of the Blackwell's Island Asylum steadily rose and remained in a perpetual state of overcrowding, providing only custodial care. To combat the rising population, the asylum built a three-story building for violent patients and later expanded it to a three-story building, formerly a workshop for the neighboring workhouse. Finally, a series of one-story pavilions was built; however, by 1868, the asylum had accommodation for only 640 of the 1035 patients under its care. The lack of room for expansion on Blackwell's Island, already home to the city's asylum, Prison, Almshouses, and Workhouse, led the city to look elsewhere. Nearby Ward's Island had been owned by the Department of Emigration since 1847 and was already home to other city institutions. As a result, a site was picked, and the new branch of the asylum was established in 1868, opening to patients on December 12, 1871.  [[Manhattan Psychiatric Center|Click here for more...]]
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By 1879, there were 19 inmates in the county poor house. Of these were five insane, five indigents, and nine orphans. The total cost of running the farm and poorhouse was $1879.60 and products were valued at $1557.27. The average cost per person came to about $0.88 per week. The big house at the Poor Farm served both as “Poor House” and “Insane Asylum.” [[Richland County Chronic Asylum|Click here for more...]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 10:54, 22 February 2026

Featured Article Of The Week

Manhattan Psychiatric Center


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Since 1839, the City of New York had been operating an asylum on Blackwell's Island for the care of the city's insane. At the time, the vast majority of the insane under municipal care were poor immigrants, who were pouring into New York City. As a result, the population of the Blackwell's Island Asylum steadily rose and remained in a perpetual state of overcrowding, providing only custodial care. To combat the rising population, the asylum built a three-story building for violent patients and later expanded it to a three-story building, formerly a workshop for the neighboring workhouse. Finally, a series of one-story pavilions was built; however, by 1868, the asylum had accommodation for only 640 of the 1035 patients under its care. The lack of room for expansion on Blackwell's Island, already home to the city's asylum, Prison, Almshouses, and Workhouse, led the city to look elsewhere. Nearby Ward's Island had been owned by the Department of Emigration since 1847 and was already home to other city institutions. As a result, a site was picked, and the new branch of the asylum was established in 1868, opening to patients on December 12, 1871. Click here for more...

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