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Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor

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Built
  
1882 (1882)

Architect
  
Pattison, Alex B.

NRHP Reference #
  
00001143

Area
  
4 ha

Built by
  
Platt, Seth

Architectural style
  
Late Victorian

Opened
  
1882

Added to NRHP
  
22 September 2000

Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor

Location
  
11636 County Farm Rd., northwest of Aurora, Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana

Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor, also known as the Dearborn County Home, is a historic poor house located in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. It was built in 1882, and is a 2 1/2-story, cruciform plan, Late Victorian style brick building. It sits on a dressed limestone foundation and houses 64 rooms. Also on the property is a contributing smokehouse. The Asylum closed in 1980.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

References

Dearborn County Asylum for the Poor Wikipedia