Girls' stone building, Nebraska Institution for Feeble-minded Youth, Beatrice
Description
This two-story limestone dormitory has porches on each of the two floors in this 6-3/8" x 4" black and white plate. A sidewalk leads to the building's center double-doors and trees on the property.
Excerpted from: "Fifteenth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of the Nebraska Institution for Feeble-minded Youth" In First Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1914 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 112-113
Historical Notes
As of December 1, 1912, 198 females were enrolled in the institution; as of November 30, 1914, 224 were present. Those that could, learned how to read, sew and embroider. Today this institution exists as the Beatrice State Developmental Center. Further statistics and information can be found in the report.
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