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Ohio Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

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State School for the Deaf.jpg
This stereoview shows the exterior view of the main building of the State School for the Deaf, also known as the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, on Town Street in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1868-1876. This building was constructed in the late 1860s and was used until 1953.

In 1827, the Ohio legislature authorized the creation of the Ohio Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. The institution opened in 1829, in a rented house in Columbus, Ohio at the corner of Broad and High Streets. During the institution