The Retreat was founded in the 1830s and was the first institution for the mentally ill in Vermont. It is a private, not-for-profit hospital. You might was to look at their web site Message Board Post: John Olmste(a)d of CT was a resident of the Brattleboro Retreat per 1920 and 1930 US Census. The listing on the two pages are all men and in 1930 all are patients. As he was born c1879 he could have been a Spanish-American War or WW-I veteran. Is the Retreat a private or public institution? Maybe a veterans home or an asylum of sorts. A brief historical background would probably be of interest to many readers. Walt Steesy Olmste(a)d Family Genealogist