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[3] Centrally located in Cockeysville, Maryland, the Society operates out of the Agriculture Building, the former Baltimore County Almshouse, [4] which was built in 1872 and used to house the poor and mentally ill of Baltimore County until 1958. [5] [6] A nonprofit organization, the Society maintains a library and research facility.
Location of Baltimore County in Maryland. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Baltimore County, Maryland. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Cockeysville is located at (39.473273, −76.626703), [9] north of the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695) along Interstate 83 and York Road. It is bordered on the east by Loch Raven Reservoir, on the south by Timonium, and on the west by rural Baltimore County. Most commercial activity is concentrated along York Road.
Somerset County, Worcester County and Machipongo are three areas almshouses used to be located in. Almshouses were a place for "poverty ridden elderly who lacked relatives or friends". They were a place of last resort for many, also referred to as "poor houses". There was a major lack of care; they were run by counties with little funding.
This is a list of the Maryland state historical markers in Baltimore County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Baltimore County, Maryland by the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the ...
Historical Society of Baltimore County: Cockeysville: Baltimore: Central: County history, genealogy resources: Located in a historic almshouse: Historical Society of Carroll County: Westminster: Carroll: Central: Historic house: operates the 1807 Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House and adjacent Shriver-Weybright Exhibition Gallery in the Kimmey House
Bayview Asylum. Founded in 1773, the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, is one of the oldest, continuous health care institutions on the East Coast. [3] From its inception as the "Baltimore County and Town Almshouse," for the impoverished, It was initially located half a mile west of the city, however, gradual expansion of the city caused a number of relocations.
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