Wilbur Home for Feeble Minded

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Wilbur Home for Feeble Minded
Opened 1884
Closed 1950
Demolished 1955
Current Status Demolished
Building Style Single Building
Location Kalamazoo, MI
Alternate Names
  • Wilbur Home and School for the Feeble-Minded



History

Dr. Joseph Wilbur acquired the a privately owned home to care for the mentally ill. The Wilbur Home and School for the Feeble – Minded served in this capacity from May 1884 until 1950. In the mid 1950’s, it was used as a fraternity house. It was torn down to make way for the construction of the Western Michigan University Student Center, now the Bernhard Center, and dormitories in 1955.