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The two-story almshouse provided shelter for the county’s poor as well as the superintendent and his family. A poorly built, two-story stone jail stood next door to the almshouse. The first floor housed prisoners, while those deemed “insane” lived on the second floor in cells or “strong rooms.” There were no living spaces or sitting rooms provided for the insane. All of the county’s insane population at this time were sent from the State Hospital at Concord.
