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U.S. Residential Schools

Alphabetical List of Schools

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A

1867	Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
1891	Alabama School for Negro Deaf-Mutes and Blind
1912	Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
1859	Arkansas School for the Blind
1889	Arkansas School for the Blind, Colored Department

C

1860	California School for the Blind
1874	Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
1893	Connecticut Institute for the Blind/Oak Hill
1857	Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind

F

1895	[Florida] Institute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind, Colored Department
1883	Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

G

1852	Georgia Academy for the Blind
1882	Georgia Academy for the Blind, Colored Department
1845	Governor Morehead School (NC)

H

1914	Hawaii Center for the Deaf and the Blind

I

1906	Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind
1849	Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
1847	Indiana School for the Blind
1852	Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School

K

1864	Kansas State School for the Blind
1842	Kentucky School for the Blind
1884	Kentucky School for the Blind, Colored Department

L

1904	Lavelle School for the Blind (NY)
1852	Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired
1920	Louisiana State School for the Negro Blind

M

1872	[Maryland] Institution for the Colored Blind and Deaf-Mutes
1853	Maryland School for the Blind
1879	Michigan School for the Blind
1863	Minnesota State Academy for the Blind
1848	Mississippi School for the Blind
1851	Missouri School for the Blind
1893	Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind

N

1875	Nebraska Center for the Education of Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
1903	New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped
1831	New York Institute for Special Education (New York City)
1865	New York State School for the Blind (Batavia)
1869	North Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, Colored Department
1908	North Dakota School for the Blind

O

1837	Ohio State School for the Blind
1897	Oklahoma School for the Blind
1873	Oregon School for the Blind
1832	Overbrook School for the Blind (PA)

P

1829	Perkins School for the Blind (MA)
1929	Piney Woods Country Life School, Department of the Blind (MS)

R

1921	Royer-Greaves School for Blind (PA)

S

1883	South Carolina Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, Colored Department
1849	South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind
1895	South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1891	St. Joseph's School for the Blind (NJ)

T

1844	Tennessee School for the Blind
1881	Tennessee School for the Blind, Colored Department
1887	[Texas] Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute for Colored Youth
1856	Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

U

1896	Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind

V

1838	Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind (Staunton)
1906	Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind, and Multi-Disabled at Hampton

W

1886	Washington State School for the Blind
1919	West Virginia School for the Colored Deaf and Blind
1870	West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
1887	Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children
1850	Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped