George Smith, "New Life for the Old Home, Target, unspecified newspaper, November 10, 1968, Reel 12, Local History Microfilm Collection, Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, Indiana. Abstracted by below by Randi Richardson. The old Monroe County poor asylum, a giant, crumbling brick house behind a locked, wooden gate, down a gravel lane, is located 300 yards off the Airport Road adjacent to the Monroe County fairgrounds. According to the stone plaque atop the 2-story structure, it was erected in 1893. When the asylum was discontinued 14 years ago, the furnishings of the home and several outlying buildings were sold at public auction, and the building sat abandoned since that time. In 1965, it was proposed that the site be made into a park. At the time the article was written, there was no funding for a park in that location.