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.: 6  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

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