Oakdale
Subtitle: the Lapeer State Home
By: Laura Fromwiller and Jan Gillis
Contributors: Gillis, Jan
Series: Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781467112437
Subjects: Michigan Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic at Lapeer; Institutional care; People with mental disabilities; Lapeer State Home and Training School (Mich.); Oakdale Regional Center for Developmental Disabilities (Lapeer, Mich.); Developmentally disabled; History
Description: The Lapeer State Home has been a large part of the history of Lapeer County since its beginnings in 1895. After starting with three buildings and housing for 200 patients, the facility grew to encompass several hundred acres and, at its peak, accommodating over 4,000 patients. The history of the home includes a variety of memories from staff members, patients, and visitors who once walked its halls. Images of America: Oakdale: The Lapeer State Home provides a journey of this historic institution and attempts to bring some clarity to questions that remain about the home and its past.--
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The beginning: 1893-1900; title: The medical superintendents; title: The staff and residents; title: The facilities; title: The farm; title: The community; title: Controversy; title: Decline and closure.