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.