Editing Darke County Infirmary

{{infobox institution
| name = Darke County Infirmary
| image = darkecoOH.png
| image_size = 250px
| alt = 
| caption = 
| established = 
| construction_began = 1854
| construction_ended =
| opened = 1856
| closed = 
| demolished = 
| current_status = [[Demolished Institution|Demolished]] (Original)
| building_style = [[Single Building Institutions|Single Building]]
| architect(s) = 
| location = Greenville, OH
| architecture_style =  
| peak_patient_population = 
| alternate_names =<br>
*Darke County Home
}}

==History==
Established in 1837, the first Darke County Home was erected on a 248 acre farm purchased for $6000.00. The three story brick structure was completed for a cost of $8,500.00. This building served the community for 40 years. Struck by lightning on the morning of June 2, 1897, it burned to the ground. Seventy five residents were housed at the fairgrounds until a hastily built temporary structure was erected. A permanent building was completed in 1898. Friday the 13th was truly an unlucky day for Darke County as this building was also struck by lightning and burned. Residents were moved to various nursing homes in the county until the third structure was ready for occupancy in 1978.


[[Category:Ohio]]
[[Category:Demolished Institution]]
[[Category:Active Institution]]
[[Category:Single Building Institutions]]
[[Category:County Almshouse]]
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 ==History==
-Established in 1837, the first Darke County Home was erected in 1854 on a 248 acre farm purchased for $6000.00. The three story brick structure was completed for a cost of $8,500.00. Struck by lightning on the morning of June 2, 1897, it burned to the ground. Seventy five residents were housed at the fairgrounds until a hastily built temporary structure was erected. A permanent building was completed in 1898. It was one of the many 19th century Ohio poorhouses that took care of the destitute (or just their children), mentally ill, and elderly. Residents were referred to as "paupers" in the register. Sometimes parents under financial burdens would send their children to places like this. Eight-year-old Ohioan Annie Oakley was sent to this infirmary by her widowed Mother and lived there for 2 years in the 1860's until she was hired out by a family to do chores.
+Established in 1837, the first Darke County Home was erected on a 248 acre farm purchased for $6000.00. The three story brick structure was completed for a cost of $8,500.00. This building served the community for 40 years. Struck by lightning on the morning of June 2, 1897, it burned to the ground. Seventy five residents were housed at the fairgrounds until a hastily built temporary structure was erected. A permanent building was completed in 1898. Friday the 13th was truly an unlucky day for Darke County as this building was also struck by lightning and burned. Residents were moved to various nursing homes in the county until the third structure was ready for occupancy in 1978.
-Since 1978 another Darke County Home still operates as a modern nursing facility.
-==Images==
-<gallery>
-File:OHdarkeco1905.png
-File:OHdarkeco1920.png
-</gallery>
 [[Category:Ohio]]