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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesIndiana Village for Epileptics%u2014%u2014New Castle, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1905By the end of its first year, 84 men had been admitted. By 1911, there were 186 patients, and the institution was almost selfsustaining. In 1922, new housing for women was being built, and within 3 years, there were 220 female patients out of a totalpopulation of 701. In the 1960s, as epileptics were reintegrated into society, mentally handicapped patients were admitted. By1985, only two buildings remained, and the name changed to the New Castle State Developmental Center. It closed in 1998.Indiana Village for Epileptics%u2014%u2014New Castle, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1905By the end of its first year, 84 men had been admitted. By 1911, there were 186 patients, and the institution was almost selfsustaining. In 1922, new housing for women was being built, and within 3 years, there were 220 female patients out of a totalpopulation of 701. In the 1960s, as epileptics were reintegrated into society, mentally handicapped patients were admitted. By1985, only two buildings remained, and the name changed to the New Castle State Developmental Center. It closed in 1998.Asylums and Institutions