Middletown Alms House

53 Warwick St., Middletown, Connecticut. County/parish: Middlesex.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 29, 1982. NRIS 82003772.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • C.B. Stone,Inc.

From Wikipedia:

Middletown Alms House

The Middletown Alms House is a historic building at 53 Warwick Street in Middletown, Connecticut, constructed in 1813–1814. It was originally used as a poorhouse and is the oldest surviving building built for housing the poor in Connecticut, as well as one of the oldest such in the United States. One of the largest structures of the Federal period in Middletown, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355114