Almshouse
Title
Almshouse
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Description
The almshouse was a facility used as a mental hospital, and a hospital for the acute and chronically ill, and the dying and destitute. The almshouse was the predecessor to the City Hospital.
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Date
1840
Condition History
The almshouse was erected in 1840, and rebuilt and enlarged in 1868 on the same site.
Bibliography
Moss, Sandra W. Edgar Holden, M.D. of Newark, New Jersey: Provincial Physician on a National Stage. Xlibris Corporation, 2014, p. 221-230. (Google Books)
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