Poorhouse
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Poorhouses were public institutions used from the seventeenth through the mid twentieth centuries to provide relief for people unable to support themselves, including the elderly, the sick, people wit
Almshouse, Boston, 1851
Intemperance and poverty propaganda, 1847
Dexter Asylum, Rhode Island, 1830
Poorhouse residents, St Louis, 1904
Almshouse
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An almshouse is a form of charitable housing that developed in medieval Europe to provide long-term accommodation for people unable to support themselves, most often the elderly or disabled. Originati
Almshouse, Hospital of St Cross, Winchester
Hospices de Beaune, France
St Johns' Almhouse, Sherborne
Front elevation, Salisbury Almshouse, 1479