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  • Poorhouse - Wikipedia
    A poorhouse or workhouse is a government-run (usually by a county or municipality) facility to support and provide housing for the dependent or needy
  • Poorhouses Were Designed to Punish People for Their Poverty
    Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, poorhouses were a reality for society’s most vulnerable people These locally run institutions filled a need in a time before Social Security, Medicaid
  • The History of the Poorhouse - Primary Research
    The first poorhouse in New England was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1660 Similar to the philosophy of auctioning off paupers, those aided in poorhouses were also obligated to work for their stay at the house
  • The Poorhouse: America’s Forgotten Institution - Brewminate
    Between the 1820s and the late nineteenth century there was a huge growth in the number of poorhouses in America Some were small, even homey, and held ten or twelve people with a superintendent and a matron, usually his unpaid wife Large cities and some states had more notorious concrete block institutions which held thousands
  • Poor House - U. S. National Park Service
    Prince William’s County’s poorhouse was one of the first ten built by a Virginia county government Poorhouses were intended to be spartan and uncomfortable; living conditions were supposed to convince paupers that only through hard work would they escape the atmosphere of penury
  • New Yorks poorhouses: Disturbing warehouses for the destitute
    While the use of the land has changed, caring for the poor remains a challenge But in 1824 New York thought it had an answer — mandate every county to erect a poorhouse
  • Allegany County Poorhouse - The Art of Abandonment
    Historically the care of the indigent and the poor had been the domain of the Church in medieval Europe In early US history, Almshouses were erected in order to provide a place for the poor Varying laws were passed in each state that established “Overseers of the Poor” for each township
  • POORHOUSE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of POORHOUSE is a place maintained at public expense to house needy or dependent persons
  • Poorhouse - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    A poorhouse, alms house or poor farm was a facility that offered meals and living accommodation for people too poor to live on their own Residents were often required to do manual labor to earn their keep and generally had few rights at all
  • What is a Poor House? (with picture) - Historical Index
    A poor house is a facility maintained to provide shelter and assistance to people living in poverty The term “poor house” is not in wide use today, as it has pejorative connotations which people prefer to avoid





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