poorhouse

13 photos and 3 illustrations tagged poorhouse, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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2013

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Belfast Union Workhouse buildings, photographed in 1909 by Stephens & Sons Chartered Surveyors from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Photo of Belfast Union Workhouse, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Facade of Belfast Union Workhouse, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Image of glass structure at Belfast Union Workhouse, dated 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Belfast Union Workhouse with glass roofed kitchen tagged, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Image of additions to main Belfast Union Workhouse building, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Photo of male dining hall, Belfast Union Workhouse 1909, showing windows being fitted to extension from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Photo of Belfast Union Workhouse building extension, 1909. Glass-roofed kitchen marked. from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Photo from 1909 of male infirmary, Belfast Union Workhouse from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Belfast Union Workhouse, female dormitory, 1909 from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Photo showing Belfast Union Workhouse, 1909. Laundry being carried and chickens in yard from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland uploaded August 2018
Surveryors photo of Belfast Union Workhouse, 1909 (1) from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 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 68 of "History of Christian County, Illinois. With illustrations ... and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers" from British Library uploaded March 2016
British Library digitised image from page 127 of "The History of the Town of Belfast with ... a statistical survey of the parish of Belfast, etc [By George Benn.]" from British Library uploaded December 2013

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Belfast Union Workhouse buildings, photographed in 1909 by Stephens & Sons Chartered Surveyors

from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

jamica1 said:
Grim looking structures

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!