almshouse

3 photos and 9 illustrations tagged almshouse, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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British Library digitised image from page 867 of "Old and New London, etc" from British Library uploaded August 2018
British Library digitised image from page 43 of "Paterson, New Jersey. Its advantages for manufacturing and residence: its industries, prominent men, banks, schools, churches, etc" from British Library uploaded February 2018
British Library digitised image from page 508 of "Old and New London, etc" from British Library uploaded December 2017
British Library digitised image from page 158 of "History of the Town of Newburgh. ... Illustrations by C. W. Tice, etc" from British Library uploaded August 2017
British Library digitised image from page 251 of "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club ... with notes and numerous illustrations. Edited by Charles Dickens, the younger. (The Jubilee edition.)" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 153 of "La France pittoresque. Ouvrage illustré, etc" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 165 of "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 376 of "The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, from the aboriginal period to the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five" from British Library uploaded December 2013
British Library digitised image from page 421 of "History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from the discovery of the territory included within its limits, to the present time. With a notice of the geology of the county, and catalogues of its minerals, pl from British Library uploaded November 2013
Cheshire County Alms House in Westmoreland New Hampshire from Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County uploaded May 2010
Cheshire County Alms House in Westmoreland New Hampshire from Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County uploaded May 2010
Public Buildings of Keene NH from Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County uploaded October 2008

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Cheshire County Alms House in Westmoreland New Hampshire

from Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County

Civilian Scrabble said:
What exactly is the function of an alms house? Is this where debtors are sent? Also congrats to the curators/ librarians (?) of this flickr page out in Keene for making the flickr spotlight thingy!!
Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County said:
Sorry, I really don't know! Maybe it was a place where the homeless could stay, or somewhere where they could work off their debts? Here is Wikipedia's definition: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almshouse And yes, I am a librarian! BJ at KPL
wolf3972 said:
Almshouses are charitable housing provided to enable people (typically elderly people who can no longer work to earn enough to pay rent) to live in a particular community. They are often targeted at the 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.
Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County said:
Thanks Wolf3972!