Fire damage, Baltimore County Almhouse

ID: 1462 ~ Source: Historical Society of Baltimore County ~ Date: 1919
This file appears in: Baltimore County Almshouse
Fire damage, Baltimore County Almhouse

Three people stand among the wreckage left after a devastating fire in 1919 destroyed the front section of the Almshouse and gutted other areas of the building.

This file appears in: Baltimore County Almshouse

By Kathleen Barry
The Baltimore County Almshouse officially opened in 1874 as a public home for the county's indigent, elderly, and infirm residents. The Almshouse and its predecessors were the ancestors of today’s nursing homes, mental health hospitals, homeless…