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Under Illinois' county almshouse system, the poor were intended to receive shelter and necessities in the houses, often in exchange for farm labor on the property. By 1903, all but two of Illinois' counties had established an almshouse or poor farm. [2] Greene County established its first poor farm in 1842.
The poor farm was designed to provide shelter for the county's impoverished residents under the condition that they work on the farm if able. During the late 1800s, this was the most common means of providing social relief for the poor in Illinois; by 1903, only two of the state's 102 counties had not established a poor farm or almshouse.
A former Catholic girls school which is now home to the Evanston Civic Center [4] 40: Melwood Apartments: Melwood Apartments: March 15, 1984 : 1201-1213 Michigan Ave. and 205-207 Hamilton St. 41: Michigan-Lee Apartments
This was the site of the former house of the poor farm superintendent. [13] The outbuilding had been used to teach motor skills to the developmentally disabled prior to the facility's closure in 1987. In 1998, Arthur Colclasure, from Sullivan, paid $12,500 for the property with intentions to renovate the building as his private home. [14]
In 1994, the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and the National Park Service determined the Julia C. Lathrop Homes to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] In December 2010, the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council advised that it be listed. [7] It was listed on the National Register February 21, 2012. [1]
The city of Chicago, Illinois is home to a significant Appalachian population. The Appalachian community has historically been centered in the neighborhood of Uptown. Beginning after World War I, Appalachian people moved to Chicago in droves seeking jobs. Between 1940 and 1970, approximately 3.2 million Appalachian and Southern migrants settled ...
Tenement Building "E", Langley Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL. As a result of the poor sanitation, size, and overall living conditions of the Chicago tenements, disease was able to spread rapidly. Diseases such as tuberculosis and scarlet fever were especially prevalent among Chicago tenements during the early 20th century. [2]
By 1845, the cabin was home to as many as 18 members of the Lincoln and Johnston families, living together in an extended-family arrangement common in Appalachian Southern culture. Abraham Lincoln, now a rising state legislator and lawyer, provided financial help to his parents but did not visit them as often as he could. As a lawyer, he was in ...