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State School for the Deaf - Opened in 1862 |
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The old "Baton Rouge College" was the first house used as the State School for the Deaf in Louisiana. The school opened on Dec. 8, 1862, with eleven pupils in attendance. It was located on the northwest corner of the former grounds of the Institute for the Deaf which were purchased by the State in 1852.
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