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The Johnson County Poor Farm and Asylum Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [ 1 ]
By 1884, the Daughters of Charity in Buffalo ran four hospitals: Sisters of Charity hospital for the sick, St. Mary's Infant Asylum and Maternity Hospital for orphans and unwed mothers, Providence Retreat for the mentally ill and Emergency Hospital, which opened in 1884. [15] The Diocese of Buffalo took possession of Emergency Hospital in 1954.
Starting in 1932, the Catholic Social Welfare Bureau controlled admission to St. Vincent's, as well as placement of older children leaving the asylum. [2] By 1945 St. Vincent's had admitted 7,315 children and 2,782 mothers, and had a staff of nine sisters. [2] St. Vincent's was closed in 1958, a result of changes at the State Welfare Department.
In 1854, using the state funding, the Daughters of Charity began expanding in Buffalo, founding St. Mary's Infant Asylum and Maternity Hospital at Elmwood and Edward Streets. It served nearly entirely orphans and unwed mothers, leaving the main hospital more space for the average ill person. It closed in 1951. [15]
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The Saint Mary's Orphan Asylum housed at that time 93 children (ages 2 to 13) and 10 sisters. The hurricane arrived quietly on September 7, 1900. The full force of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was not felt until the next day, September 8, and began to erode away the sand dunes that surrounded St. Mary's Orphanage.
Now merged with Sacred Heart and St. Clare Parishes St. Mary 1306 Washington StHamburg: Founded in 1874 [63] St. Patrick: 304 3rd St, Imogene: Founded as a mission in 1880, Current church constructed between 1915 and 1919; listed on NRHP [64] St. Mary 1510 Highland Ave, Red Oak: Founded in 1874, current church dedicated in 1963 [65] St. Mary
The Lunatic Asylum of Ohio was initially organized by an act of the General Assembly passed on March 5, 1835. [5] The original hospital building, after three years of construction, was completed in 1838 at a cost of about $61,000. [1] [5] Dr. William M. Awl was elected as the first Medical Superintendent of the asylum. [5]