other uses Almshouse disambiguation Globalize date January 2012 No footnotes date February 2008 File Alms house rochford.jpg thumb right 200px Drawing of almshouses in Rochford , 1787 Almshouses are Charitable organization charitable public housing housing provided to enable people typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay renting rent to live in a particular community . They are often targeted at the poverty poor of a locality, at those from certain forms of previous employment, or their widows, and are generally maintained by a charity or the trustees of a bequest. European Many almshouses were European Christian institutions though some are secular http www.ancestraldeeds.co.uk index.php?p 1 23 . Alms are, in the Christian tradition, money or services donated to support the poor and indigent. Almshouses were established from the 10th century in Britain, to provide a place of residence for poor, old and distressed folk. The first recorded almshouse was founded in York by Athelstan of England King Athelstan the oldest still in existence is the Hospital of St Cross Hospital of St. Cross in Winchester , dating to about 1132. In the Middle Ages , the majority of European hospital s functioned as almshouses. Continuity Almshouses have been created throughout the period since the 10th century, up to the present day. Many of the medieval almshouses in England were established with the aim of benefiting the soul of the founder or their family, and they usually ... thumb 200px left The almshouse at Woburn, Bedfordshire Woburn , Bedfordshire In physical ... made up 85 percent of the population in these institutions Day 2009 . See also Blockley Almshouse Carroll County Almshouse and Farm , Westminster, Maryland Halfway house Hostel List of British ... editor last Rothman editor first David J. year 1971 title The Almshouse Experience series Poverty USA ... The Almshouse Association http www.historyfish.net monastics List houses A B.html List of English ... more details
An almshouse is charitable housing that is provided to enable people to live in a particular community. Specific places named Almshouse include In the United States by state then city Greene County Almshouse , Carrolton, Illinois, listed on the NRHP in Illinois Carroll County Almshouse and Farm , Westminster, Maryland, listed on the NRHP in Maryland Almshouse Cambridge, Massachusetts , listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts Rockland Almshouse , Rockland, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts Almshouse Stoneham, Massachusetts , listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts Poughkeepsie Almshouse and City Infirmary , Poughkeepsie, New York, listed on the NRHP in New York Bedford County Alms House , Pennsylvania Almshouse Farm at Machipongo , Machipongo, Virginia, List of RHPs in VA listed on the NRHP in Virginia The Almshouse Richmond, Virginia , List of RHPs in VA listed on the NRHP in Virginia See also List of almshouses in the United Kingdom disambig de Alms House ... more details
infobox UK place country England static image static image caption latitude 51.96 longitude 00.54 official name Almshouse Green population shire district shire county Essex region East of England constituency westminster post town postcode district postcode area dial code os grid reference TL7533 Almshouse Green is a hamlet in the Braintree, Essex Braintree district of Essex , England . It is located between the villages of Wethersfield & Sible Hedingham . Category Hamlets in Essex Category Braintree district Essex geo stub pl Almshouse Green ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Rockland Almshouse nrhp type image caption location Rockland, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 6 lat seconds 52 lat direction N long degrees 70 long minutes 54 long seconds 45 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1876 architect Reed & Kelley Hebberd & Ames architecture No Style Listed added April 28, 1983 governing body refnum 83000600 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Rockland Almshouse is an historic almshouse at 198 Spring Street in Rockland, Massachusetts . The structure was built in 1876 and added to the National Historic Register in 1983. References reflist Registered Historic Places Category Buildings and structures in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Category Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Almshouses in the United States PlymouthMA NRHP stub ... more details
More references date June 2010 The Blockley Almshouse , later known as Philadelphia General Hospital , was a charity hospital and poorhouse located in West Philadelphia . It originally opened in 1732 33 in a different part of the city as the Philadelphia Almshouse not to be confused with the Friends Almshouse of Philadelphia Friends Almshouse , established in 1713 . Philadelphia General Hospital closed in 1977. History Origins The Blockley Almshouse had its roots in the Philadelphia Almshouse, a facility first located in the block bounded by Third, Fourth, Spruce and Pine Streets. Constructed in 1731 32, this institution provided the first government sponsored care of the poor in America, as it offered an infirmary and hospital for the sick and insane, besides housing and feeding the impoverished. In 1767, it moved to larger quarters occupying the block surrounded by Tenth, Eleventh, Spruce and Pine Streets. This place was officially called the Philadelphia Bettering House . Old Blockley In 1835, the overcrowded Philadelphia Almshouse moved to Blockley Township in West Philadelphia, an area once known as Blockley Farm now between 34th Street and University Avenue. Built to house a variety of Philadelphia s indigent population, the facility consisted of quadrangle of four sizable buildings including a poorhouse, a hospital, an orphanage and an insane asylum. Construction of the first building had begun in 1830, the cornerstone being laid that May 26th. William Strickland architect ... the Philadelphia Almshouse and Hospital, but it was commonly called Old Blockley for decades. Operated ... , with its medical school, moved to a new site just north of the Almshouse grounds in 1871 ... PGH in 1919. In the next few decades, the original almshouse buildings were gradually replaced ... buildings, the board of PGH closed the hospital entirely in 1977. Location The Almshouse was built ... and western boundaries of the site. In 2001, more than 1,000 bodies associated with the Almshouse ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Almshouse nrhp type image StonehamMA Almshouse.jpg caption location Stoneham, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 29 lat seconds 30 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 5 long seconds 17 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1852 architect Unknown architecture Greek Revival added April 13, 1984 governing body Local mpsub Stoneham MRA refnum 84002464 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Almshouse is a historic almshouse at 136 Elm Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts . The building was built in 1852 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. ref name nris It is currently operated by the Stoneham Council on Aging as the Stoneham Senior Center. References Reflist StonehamMA National Register of Historic Places Category Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Buildings and structures in Stoneham, Massachusetts Category Buildings and structures completed in 1852 Category Almshouses in the United States StonehamMA NRHP stub ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Greene County Almshouse nrhp type image caption location Greene County, Illinois , United States USA nearest city Carrollton, Illinois Carrollton locmapin Illinois lat degrees 39 lat minutes 17 lat seconds 48 lat direction N long degrees 90 long minutes 24 long seconds 29 long direction W area built architect architecture added May 17, 19991 ref http www.nr.nps.gov nrloc1.htm NRIS Database NRIS dead link date January 2012 , National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 21, 2007. ref visitation num visitation year refnum 91000568 mpsub governing body The Greene County Almshouse is located northeast of the Greene County, Illinois city of Carrollton, Illinois Carrollton , along a township road. The Almshouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , one of four sites in and around Carrollton to enjoy that status. The other three are the Carrollton Courthouse Square Historic District , the Henry T. Rainey Farm and the Hodges House Carrollton, Illinois Hodges House . Greene County Almshouse has been listed on the National Register since 1991. Notes Reflist Category National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Illinois Category Almshouses in the United States Category Buildings and structures in Greene County, Illinois ... more details
The Friends Almshouse of Philadelphia was founded in 1713 by the city s Quaker leadership to help destitute members of the Society of Friends , although people of other creeds were sometimes admitted. As such, this was the first institution in Americas America to care for poor citizens. The combination poorhouse and workhouse occupied two small buildings built especially for it on the south side of Walnut Street Philadelphia Walnut Street between Third and Fourth Streets. The houses were augmented with a substantial brick building fronting Walnut Street in 1729. Not to be confused with the city run Philadelphia Almshouse established in 1732 , the Quaker Almshouse provided food, housing, work and perhaps even modest healthcare for the indigent until 1841 when it was demolished, although http commons.wikimedia.org wiki File Quaker Almshouse, erected 1713, by Cremer, James, 1821 1893.jpg one of the original houses lasted into the 1870s. Today, the Catholic Heritage Center stands on the site. References Thompson Westcott, Historic Mansions and Buildings of Philadelphia, With Some Notice of Their Owners and Occupants Philadelphia, PA Porter & Coates, 1877 , at 96. J. Thomas Scharf & Thompson Westcott, History of Philadelphia, 1609 1884, 3 vols. Philadelphia, PA, 1884 , at 856 vol. 2 . Center City Philadelphia in the 19th Century, Images of America Series Charleston, SC Arcadia Pub., 2006 , at 48. coord missing Pennsylvania Category Almshouses in the United States Category Buildings and structures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Almshouse nrhp type image John Aborn House, 41 Orchard Street, Cambridge, MA IMG 4646.JPG caption location Cambridge, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 24 lat seconds 7 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 7 long seconds 58 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1850 architect Bryant,Gridley J. F. Dwight,Rev. Louis architecture Greek Revival, Italianate added April 13, 1982 governing body Private mpsub Cambridge MRA refnum 82001908 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref The Almshouse is an historic almshouse at 41 Orchard Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The building features Greek Revival and Italianate elements and was constructed in 1850 by Gridley J.F. Bryant . The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. References Reflist Registered Historic Places Category Houses completed in 1850 Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts Category Almshouses in the United States CambridgeMA NRHP stub ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Suffolk County Almshouse Barn nrhp type image caption location Yaphank Ave., Yaphank, New York lat degrees 40 lat minutes 49 lat seconds 41 lat direction N long degrees 72 long minutes 55 long seconds 18 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin New York built 1871 architect Hallett,Charles architecture Late Victorian, Victorian Picturesque added September 11, 1986 area less than one acre governing body Local refnum 86002512 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Suffolk County Almshouse Barn is a historic hay and livestock barn located at Yaphank, New York Yaphank in Suffolk County, New York . It was built in 1871 and the large multi story barn has a broad gable roof and wood shingle sheathing. It is the only extant structure from the Suffolk County Almshouse . ref name nrhpinv ny cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 9008 title National Register of Historic Places Registration Suffolk County Almshouse Barn date July 1986 accessdate 2010 02 20 author Austin O Brien publisher New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation See also cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 9009 title Accompanying five photos ref It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ref name nris References reflist External links http www.longwood.k12.ny.us history yaphank almshouse.htm THE SUFFOLK COUNTY ALMS HOUSE from YAPHANK AS IT IS and WAS by Beecher Homan 1875 Longwood s Journey National Register of Historic Places in New York Category Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in New York Category Buildings and structures completed in 1871 Category Buildings and structures in Suffolk County, New York SuffolkNY NRHP stub ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Poughkeepsie Almshouse and City Infirmary nrhp type image caption location 20 Maple St., Poughkeepsie, New York lat degrees 41 lat minutes 42 lat seconds 2 lat direction N long degrees 73 long minutes 54 long seconds 45 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin New York built 1868 architect J.A. Wood architecture Colonial Revival, Italianate added December 4, 1978 area convert 7 acre governing body Local refnum 78001849 ref name nris NRISref version 2009a ref Poughkeepsie Almshouse and City Infirmary is a historic almshouse and infirmary complex located at Poughkeepsie, New York Poughkeepsie , Dutchess County, New York . The complex includes five contributing buildings. The almshouse buildings has a three story, seven bay, main block flanked by matching two story, five bay, wings. It was built in 1868 of brick with wood trim and features Italianate architecture Italianate style details. J.A. Wood is credited as the building s architeect. The City Infirmary building was built in 1907 and enlarged in 1936. It is a two story brick and stone building and features a two story, flat roofed, semi circular entrance portico . The infirmary closed in 1972. Also on the property are a carriage house , barn, laundry building, combination barn ice house, and shed. ref name nrhpinv ny cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 1958 title National Register of Historic Places Registration Poughkeepsie Almshouse and City Infirmary date undated accessdate 2011 01 10 author Larry Gobrecht publisher New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation See also cite web url http www.oprhp.state.ny.us hpimaging hp view.asp?GroupView 1957 title Accompanying nine photos ref It has been adaptively reused as a satellite campus for Adelphi University . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ref name ... Almshouse and City Infirmary Flickr page National Register of Historic Places in New York ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Carroll County Almshouse and Farm nrhp type image caption location 500 S. Center St. Westminster, Maryland lat degrees 39 lat minutes 33 lat seconds 30 lat direction N long degrees 76 long minutes 59 long seconds 44 long direction W locmapin Maryland area built 1852 architecture Gothic added December 4, 1975 governing body Local refnum 75000878 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Carroll County Almshouse and Farm , also known as the Carroll County Farm Museum , is a historic farm complex located at Westminster, Maryland Westminster , Carroll County, Maryland . It consists of a complex of 15 buildings including the main house and dependencies. The 30 room brick main house was originally designed and constructed for use as the county almshouse . It is a long, three story, rectangular structure, nine bays wide at the first and second floor levels of both front and rear fa ades. It features a simple frame cupola sheltering a farm bell. A separate two story brick building with 14 rooms, houses the original summer kitchen, wash room, and baking room, and may have once housed farm and domestic help. Also on the property is a brick, one story dairy with a pyramidal roof dominated by a pointed finial of exaggerated height with Victorian Gothic icing decorating the eaves a large frame and dressed stone bank barn and a blacksmith s shop, spring house , smokehouse , Ice house building ice house , and numerous other sheds and dependencies all used as a part of the working farm museum activities. The original Carroll County Almshouse was founded in 1852 and the Farm Museum was established in 1965. ref cite web url http www.mht.maryland.gov nr NRDetail.aspx?HDID 353&COUNTY Carroll&FROM NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY Carroll title Maryland Historical Trust date 2008 10 05 work National Register of Historic Places Carroll County Almshouse and Farm publisher Maryland Historical ... Carroll Carroll County Almshouse and Farm, Carroll County , including undated photo, at Maryland Historical ... more details
Parmiter s Almshouse & Pension Charity is a charity that has its origins in the will of Thomas Parmiter, a silk merchant from Bethnal Green . History In his will of 28 February 1681 2, Thomas Parmiter bequeathed funds for six almshouses in some convenient place upon the waste of Bethnal Green and further for the building of one free school houses or room, wherein ten poor children of the hamlet of Bethnal Green may be taught to read or write . ref The Tower Hamlets Connection p124 by Harold Finch Published 1996 ref Thomas Parmiter died in 1688. The first Parmiter s Almshouses were opened in John Street, now Grimsby Street, off Brick Lane in 1722, and were adjacent to the first school. Along with the school, the Almshouses moved to Gloucester Street, now Parmiter Street, Bethnal Green in 1839, where they remained in use until they were destroyed by a V2 rocket in February 1945. Parmiter s School moved to new premises in Approach Road, Bethnal Green in 1887, and in 1977 the school relocated to Garston, Hertfordshire. ref A history of the Parmiter s Estate Charity by Andrew Lewis & Brian Coulshed Published 1999 ref Despite the school moving from Bethnal Green, links remain with the Almshouse & Pension Charity, as the out pensioners of the Charity visit the school twice a year for a meal, and entertainment provided by the students. The Current Almshouses Due to difficulty in securing land in Bethnal Green to build replacement Almshouses, the Trustees of the Charity made a decision in 2008 to look for a site outside of Bethnal Green and as a result a site was found in 2009 in Great ... plaque, to officially open the new almshouses. Applying for an AlmshouseAlmshouse application forms ... Commission Details for Parmiter s Almshouse & Pension Charity http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk a2a ... Archives http fittonassociates.com latest news News from Fitton Associates on Parmiter s Almshouse & Pension ... report.aspx?compid 22768 Article on Bethnal Green Charities including the Parmiter s Almshouse ... more details
Crewe Almshouses or Crewe s Almshouses may refer to several almshouse s founded by members of the Crewe family, including Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich , Cheshire founded by John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe Almshouses in Brackley , Northamptonshire founded by Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene disambiguation ... more details
http www.bbc.co.uk bristol content articles 2006 09 26 almshouse feature.shtml End of an era ... purpose built John Foster s Almshouse in North Bristol. ref http www.bristolcharities.org.uk news details.asp?q q&id 18 The new John Foster s Almshouse in Henbury, north Bristol . ref References reflist ... more details
Wilbraham Almshouses or Wilbraham s Almshouses may refer to any of several almshouse s founded by members of the Wilbraham family, including Old Maids Almshouse, Welsh Row, Nantwich founded by Roger Wilbraham 1676 see Widows Almshouses, Nantwich Tollemache Almshouses , 118 128 Welsh Row, Nantwich 1870 Widows Almshouses, Nantwich , 26 30 Welsh Row founded by Roger Wilbraham 1676 Wilbraham s Almshouses, Acton, Cheshire Acton founded by Sir Roger Wilbraham 1613 Wilbraham s Almshouses, Nantwich , 112 116 Welsh Row founded by Sir Roger Wilbraham 1613 disambiguation ... more details
Trinity Hospital may refer to in Scotland Trinity Hospital , or Trinity College Hospital , a medieval almshouse associated with Trinity College Kirk , in Edinburgh, Scotland in the United States Trinity Hospital Little Rock, Arkansas , List of RHPs in AR listed on the NRHP in Arkansas Trinity Hospital , run by Trinity Health Minot, North Dakota Trinity Health , a hospital in North Dakota Trinity Hospital Augusta, Georgia dab ... more details
Plumptre is a surname, and may refer to Anne Plumptre Edward Hayes Plumptre John Pemberton Plumptre Henry Plumptre Henry Plumptre Gipps , MP for Canterbury Plumptre may refer to Plumptre Hospital a former Almshouse in Nottingham. surname Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
carried out by the cities and towns. Opened on May 1, 1854 with a capacity for 500, the almshouse population ..., 2,193 paupers had been admitted. Nearly 90 of these listed European countries as their birthplace. The almshouse .... br br The most famous patient in the almshouse during the 19th century was Anne Sullivan , who ... at the almshouse her alcoholic father left her and her brother there before being transferred to the Perkins ... of her class. Her brother died due to a hip problem at a young age, while in the almshouse. At age ..., the Tewksbury Almshouse became Tewksbury State Hospital in 1900, the Massachusetts State Infirmary ... of a major construction effort in the 1890s to upgrade the old almshouse by replacing the wood ... more details
The Williams Hospital was an almshouse in the England English town of Hereford . The hospital was founded in 1601 by Richard Williams who was an attendant of Lord Cobhans and it provided housing for six elderly men. References http www.herefordwebpages.co.uk alms.shtml Hereford Almshouses coord 52.0528 2.7065 type landmark region GB display title Category 1601 establishments in England Category Hospitals established in the 17th century Category English medieval hospitals and almshouses Category Hospitals in Herefordshire Category Almshouses in the United Kingdom Category Hereford Herefordshire struct stub UK hospital stub ... more details
The Hospital of St John the Baptist is a charitable foundation in Winchester , Hampshire , England , and the building itself was an almshouse established in 1085. External links http www.cityofwinchester.co.uk history html st johns.html City of Winchester, UK cite web url http www.stjohnshouse.org.uk title St John s House, Winchester publisher www.stjohnshouse.org.uk accessdate 2009 10 08 cite web url http www.britainexpress.com attractions.htm?attraction 3371 title St John the Baptist Hospital Travel Information and nearby accommodation publisher www.britainexpress.com accessdate 2009 10 08 DEFAULTSORT Hospital Of St John The Baptist, Winchester Category Buildings and structures in Winchester Category English medieval hospitals and almshouses Category Hospitals with year of establishment missing England org stub Hampshire struct stub UK hospital stub ... more details
This is a list of cemetery cemeteries in Estonia . Expand list date February 2011 Paide Reopalu cemetery Sillaotsa cemetery P rnu P rnu Alevi cemetery Metsakalmistu Vana P rnu cemetery Tallinn St. Barbara s cemetery Hiiu Rahu cemetery Jewish cemetery St John s almshouse cemetery Kalamaja cemetery Kopli cemetery Liiva cemetery Metsakalmistu Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn Tallinn Military cemetery M igu cemetery P rnam e cemetery Pirita cemetery Rahum e cemetery Siselinna cemetery Tartu Pauluse cemetery Puiestee cemetery Raadi cemetery Rahum e cemetery Category Lists of cemeteries Estonia Category Cemeteries in Estonia Category Lists of buildings and structures in Estonia Cemeteries ... more details
Dr Milley s Hospital is an almshouse for women in Lichfield , United Kingdom . It was founded on property given by Bishop Heyworth in 1424 for the use of the poor ref cite web title Hospitals Lichfield, Dr. Milley s url http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 37863 publisher British History Online accessdate 1 May 2012 ref . The Hospital is named after Thomas Milley, a Canon residentiary of Lichfield Cathedral, who re endowed and probably rebuilt the Hospital between 1502 and 1504. It was extensively refurbished in the 1980 s and still operates as accommodation for women of all ages in need of accommodation. ref cite web title The History of Dr Milley s Hospital url http lichfieldbower.co.uk about partners accessdate 1 May 2012 ref Reflist ... more details
was Bishop of Winchester, the tower and spaces above the porter s lodge used to be the Master of the almshouse ... church in the south east corner is more like a miniature cathedral than a typical almshouse chapel ... of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty http www.stcrossvillage.com Visit St Cross Village ... more details
Infobox Historic building image St Nicholas Almshouses June2010.jpg caption name St Nicholas Almshouses location town Bristol location country England map type Bristol latitude 51.4522 longitude 2.5950 coordinates display yes architect client engineer construction start date 1652 completion date 1656 date demolished cost structural system style size St Nicholas Almshouses gbmapping ST587727 is a historic building on King Street, Bristol King Street , Bristol , England. It was built in 1652 to 1656, extended in the 19th century and restored 1961 by Donald Insall . The foundations of a bastion of the City Wall were revealed during restoration. ref cite book last Burrough first THB authorlink coauthors title Bristol year 1970 publisher Studio Vista location London isbn 0 289 79804 3 ref It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building . ref cite web title St Nicholas Almshouses, Nos.1 10 work Images of England url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk details default.aspx?id 379882 accessdate 2007 02 21 ref The almshouse was one of the first buildings in King Street, a new development then outside the city wall and beside the Back Street Gate . ref cite web title St. Nicholas Almshouse work UK attraction url http www.ukattraction.com west country st nicholas almshouse.htm accessdate 2007 03 21 ref The building was damaged during the Bristol Blitz and now presents only a facade to the street. It no longer serves the homeless as it did in previous centuries. It is now student accommodation. References reflist See also Grade II listed buildings in Bristol List of British almshouses DEFAULTSORT Saint Nicholass Almshouses Category Grade II listed buildings in Bristol Category Buildings and structures completed in 1656 Category Buildings and structures in Bristol Category Almshouses in the United Kingdom Category Houses in Bristol Category Hospitals in Bristol Category Grade II listed almshouses Bristol geo stub Bristol struct stub ... more details
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