Keywords: house matron
Item 7604
Good Will matron and boys, Fairfield, 1919
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1919 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 25884
Harriett Palmer Hinckley, Fairfield, ca. 1910
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1910 Location: Fairfield Media: Oil on canvas
Exhibit
George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls
George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.
Exhibit
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall
"… marshal's office, a judge's office, and a police matron's office. The City Hall is still used for meetings and official city government business."
Site Page
Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy
"… a home for nurses, with Josephine McLaughlin as matron. The neighboring buildings were connected by runways and underwent repairs, and hospital…"
