Bedford County Alms House Explained

Bedford County Alms House
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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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. November 27, 2011. July 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H088531_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bedford County Alms House]. 2011-11-27. Darcy Salanthe. PDF. 1988.