Bedford County Alms House | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | Cumberland Road, .4 miles (0.64 km) south of Bedford, Bedford Township, Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 39.9869°N -78.5422°W |
Built: | 1872-1873, 1899, 1900 |
Architect: | Simon, L.M. |
Architecture: | Italianate |
Added: | November 3, 1988 |
Refnum: | 88002378 |
Bedford County Alms House, also known as Bedford County Home, is a historic almshouse and national historic district located at Bedford Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The district includes six contributing buildings. They are the Alms House (1872-1873), infirmary building (1899), laundry (1900), and a storage shed and two barns built between the early 1900s and about 1950. The Alms House is a four-story, brick building, 13-bays wide and 3-bays deep. It has a hipped roof and features a central tower with porches. The facility closed in 1978.[1]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.