The Syracuse
State School was a residential facility in Syracuse, New York
for mentally disabled children and adults. Founded in 1851 in Albany,
New York as the New York State Asylum for Idiots, acting upon a
recommendation contained in the 1846 annual report of the New York State Asylum
for Lunatics. The first director was Hervey B. Wilbur, a student
of Edward
Seguin (another of Seguin's
students was Maria Montessori).
In 1855 the
facility moved to a new building in Syracuse
where it was known as the New York Asylum for Idiots or the State
Idiot Asylum. Over the next hundred years the institution went through
several name changes, including the Syracuse State Institution for
Feeble-Minded Children, the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives,
and finally the Syracuse
State School
in 1927. The school was closed in 1973 and the building was torn down in 1988.
It’s a shame because New York State really needs it.
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