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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesHome for Feeble Minded Youth%u2014%u2014Fort Wayne, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1890Built with a state appropriation of $187,300, and served mentally retarded children from throughout Indianauntil 1939, when its service area was reduced to the northern portion of the state. Its mission was eventuallyexpanded to include patients of all ages with various developmental disabilities. Demolished in 1952.Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Childrens%u2019 Home%u2014%u2014Knightstown, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1864Founded to provide care, education, and maintenance for orphaned and destitute children of Civil War Union Armyveterans. It eventually boasted an administration building, children%u2019s dormitory cottages, Morton Memorial School, a hospital,dairy farm, camp grounds, and recreational facilities. The children, aged of 4-18, were eligible for vocational training.Homes and Orphanages