When asked what she likes about the Hazel Carpenter Home, Roback said the people. Carpenter Adult Home saw a number of residents come through their door and each one was cared for like they were part of the family, Kinsella said.ĭorothy Roback, 91, said she has been a resident of Hazel L.
Carpenter was board president for several years and was involved in several key advancements and changes through her tenure. The Old Ladies Home name was changed in 1981 to the Hazel L. No one was injured, but the blaze and water damaged the living room, front wall and six rooms along the west corridor and two floors.ĭuring the time it took to clean out and repair the home, residents stayed in homes of local Oneida residents. According to a newspaper account, a short in the wiring was suspected to be the cause. 10, 1969, a fire broke out in the corner of the two-story brick building. “When they were building, they knew from the beginning they needed to accommodate it,” Kinsella said. When construction was planned for the new home in 1914, the sideboard dresser was included in the design and given its own space in the dining room. Antiques were either used to decorate the home or were sold to help raise funds. And when they passed, staff would use whatever they could, whether it be china, blankets, sheets or dishes. Staff encouraged residents to keep mementos and other furnishings to decorate their own rooms to remind them of home. Although Wetmore’s sideboard dresser didn’t fit in the home and was kept in storage until 1887, an addition was made to the Stone Street home to accommodate it. Wetmore brought many things with her, as did other residents. While living at The Old Ladies Home, she fell and dislocated her hip and was cared for by staff until she died three years later. Wetmore was accepted as a resident of The Old Ladies Home in 1884 after living in Canastota. Carpenter Adult Home is a sideboard dresser that dates back to the Civil War, owned by former resident Eliza Wetmore. One of the many antiques home to the Hazel L. They later incorporated into a separate organization in 1886, The Old Ladies Home of Madison County.” “They started renting homes in the village of Oneida,” Kinsella said. Kinsella said the Ladies’ Aid Society helped as much as they could, putting senior women in apartments with much-needed food and clothing. There were a lot of indigent old women that had nobody to care for them. “Besides the children, these Oneida women realized that there were a lot of widows and mothers of Civil War casualties,” Secretary of the Board of Managers Eileen Kinsella said. Originally named The Old Ladies Home of Madison County, the facility was established in 1882 through a collaborative effort by the Ladies’ Aid Society of Oneida and local churches in order to provide shelter for women in the area.īefore founding the home, the Ladies’ Aid Society started out their fight to help people by donating to the Peterboro orphanage started by Gerrit Smith. Carpenter Adult Home is closing its doors. – After more than 136 years assisting the seniors of Madison County, the Hazel L.
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