Essex County Home and Farm

Coordinates: 44°15′23″N 73°24′38″W / 44.25639°N 73.41056°W / 44.25639; -73.41056
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Essex County Home and Farm
Essex County Home and Farm is located in New York
Essex County Home and Farm
Essex County Home and Farm is located in the United States
Essex County Home and Farm
Nearest cityWhallonsburg, New York
Coordinates44°15′23″N 73°24′38″W / 44.25639°N 73.41056°W / 44.25639; -73.41056
Area24 acres (9.7 ha)
Built1860
ArchitectDowling & Prescott
NRHP reference No.82003357[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 1982

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 2+12-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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

Further reading[edit]

  • Essex County Home at Abandoned: Historical perspective with accompanying exterior and interior photographs

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Raymond W. Smith (July 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Essex County Home and Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying 13 photographs