Editing Geddes, New York (section)

===Institutions===
[[Image:Syracuse 1906 idiot-asylum.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Syracuse Idiot Asylum on Wilbur Avenue in [[Syracuse, New York]] in 1906]]

The [[Syracuse State School|New York State Asylum for Idiots]] was located in the eastern section of town, near the original border with [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] on Geddes Street.<ref name="gazetter"/> The facility was located on Wilbur Avenue on the southeast border of [[Tipperary Hill]]. The site selected was about a mile southwest of Syracuse, in the town of Geddes, and was "one of the finest that could have been found in the [[State of New York]]." The building was constructed of brick, "plain but substantial, and admirably fitted for the purpose for which it is designed."<ref name="cost">{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1855/05/19/87575288.pdf |title=The State Idiot Asylum |access-date=October 16, 2010 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |location=New York, New York |year=1854 }}</ref>

The institution was located upon the eastern slope of the range of hills in the western part of the city and about {{frac|1|1|2}} miles south of the head of [[Onondaga Lake]]. The asylum grounds covered an area of about sixty-five acres, immediately adjacent to [[Burnet Park]], the most of which was high land, overlooking the city and lake. The principal group of buildings, which were clustered around the original structure, facing the western extremity of Seymour Street, accommodated about 450 individuals.<ref name="seymour">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIkXAQAAIAAJ&q=syracuse+idiot+asylum&pg=PA100 |title=Annual report of the State Board of Health of New York, Volume 7  |access-date=October 17, 2010 |publisher=New York State Board of Health, Troy Press |location=[[Troy, New York]] |year=1888 }}</ref>