The Friends of the Broome County Public Library

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting is held in January each year. At that time officers for the year are elected.

The 2008 Annual Meeting was held on Sunday, January 27, 2008 from 1-3 p.m. in the Decker Room at the library.

Guest speaker was Roger Luther. He spoke on "The Castle on the Hill." In 1858, construction began on the New York State Inebriate Asylum in Binghamton, the first institution in this country intended for the medical treatment of alcoholism. Designed by noted architect, Isaac Perry, the facility was later converted to a mental institution and provided health services and employment to thousands before closing its doors in 1993.

Roger Luther has researched Binghamton's Inebriate Asylum during the past four years and he is actively promoting preservation and adaptive reuse of the building. Luther is also studying three other New York State Asylums. He has designed and maintains a website on the subject: http://www.nysasylum.com.

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