1886-02-26: Asylum Committee Meets

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Messrs. A. W. BROCKWAY, J. R. GODWIN and Austin MILLER, the building committee for the Insane Asylum, were met here yesterday by about 8 or 10 architects, all of whom visited the site selected for that institution. The gentlemen seemed very much pleased with the surroundings and expressed themselves as delighted with the site. The grounds were carefully inspected and it was determined that the Asylum building should be located upon the site of the Jones residence, to front north-east. It is understood that an Architect well selected by the building committee at this time, but it had not been done at the time of going to press.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 26 Feb. 1886, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

1886-01-22: Asylum Building Committee Selected

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Messrs. John R. GODWIN of Memphis, A. W. BROCKWAY of Brownsville, and Austin MILLER of Bolivar have been selected as the building committee for the West Tennessee Asylum for the Insane. This is an admirable committeee, and one which will see that the work is well and speedily done. No doubt the building committee will commence, at once, to set out shade trees, and build suitable fences, and otherwise beautify the grounds.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 22 Jan. 1886, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.