The Pest House, 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ County Almshouse
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Though the official purpose of the Pest House was to quarantine residents with contagious diseases, records indicate administrators most often used the building to segregate African American men from other residents.
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91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ County Almshouse
The 91ÌÒÉ«ÊÓÆµ County Almshouse officially opened in 1874 as a public home for the county's indigent, elderly, and infirm residents. The Almshouse and its predecessors were the ancestors of today’s nursing homes, mental health hospitals, homeless…