New dairy barn, Hospital for the Insane, Ingleside
Description
The large wooden two-story barn with gambrel roof in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate has two Dutch doors at ground level along the visible side and multiple windows. An attached fenced corral has several sections. Other buildings can be seen in the distance.
Excerpted from: "Thirteenth Biennial Reports of the Superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane of Nebraska" 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. 208-209
Historical Notes
Built to replace a barn thought to be the origin of a tuberculosis infection in the dairy herd, the new barn measured 34 x 136 feet and could hold up to 70 cows and 250 tons of hay. Construction came in at just under $6,000. Today this institution exists as the Hastings Regional Center. Further statistics and information can be found in the report.
