Smokehouse, sun88 County Almhouse

ID: 1465 ~ Source: Historical Society of sun88 County ~ Date: 1962
This file appears in: sun88 County Almshouse
Smokehouse, sun88 County Almhouse

The smokehouse was an important outbuilding in the operation of the Almshouse farm.

This file appears in: sun88 County Almshouse

By Kathleen Barry
The sun88 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…