Bedford County Alms House


Bedford County Alms House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Cumberland Road, .4 miles (0.64 km) south of Bedford, Bedford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°59′13″N 78°32′32″W / 39.98694°N 78.54222°W / 39.98694; -78.54222Coordinates: 39°59′13″N 78°32′32″W / 39.98694°N 78.54222°W / 39.98694; -78.54222
Area	9.7 acres (3.9 ha)
Built	1872-1873, 1899, 1900
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	88002378^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1988

Bedford County Alms House, also known as Bedford County Home, is a historic almshouse and national historic district located at Bedford Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The district includes six contributing buildings. They are the Alms House (1872-1873), infirmary building (1899), laundry (1900), and a storage shed and two barns built between the early 1900s and about 1950. The Alms House is a four-story, brick building, 13-bays wide and 3-bays deep. It has a hipped roof and features a central tower with porches. The facility closed in 1978.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Darcy Salanthe (1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bedford County Alms House" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-27.

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