Essex County Home and Farm explained

Essex County Home and Farm
Nearest City:Whallonsburg, New York
Coordinates:44.2564°N -73.4106°W
Built:1860
Architect:Dowling & Prescott
Added:September 23, 1982
Refnum:82003357

Essex County Home and Farm, also known as Whallonsburg County Home and Infirmary, is a historic almshouse and infirmary located at Whallonsburg in Essex County, New York. The property include seven contributing buildings and one contributing site. The core of the complex is a homogeneous cluster of four brick buildings on fieldstone foundations. The largest is the Home Building, a 2-story dormitory originally constructed in 1860. Located nearby are a milk house and dining / kitchen building. The -story infirmary building was built in 1899. Farm buildings include an equipment shed / garage, dairy barn, and hog-chicken house. Also on the property is the institution's cemetery site. The home and infirmary ceased operation in 1980.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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  1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20190404141934/https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ . dead . 2019-04-04 . . Searchable database . 2016-08-01 . Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Essex County Home and Farm . 2016-08-01 . Raymond W. Smith . PDF . July 1982 . and Accompanying 13 photographs