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At thee time of the 1870 visit there was also a third building on the property called the "mad-house", which was one story high and twenty by twenty five feet. The building had eight cells for the insane with windows for light and wooden slat doors.  
 
At thee time of the 1870 visit there was also a third building on the property called the "mad-house", which was one story high and twenty by twenty five feet. The building had eight cells for the insane with windows for light and wooden slat doors.  
  
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As of 1870 the total population of the Almshouse was 60 with about an even split male and female. The steward salary was $500 and one man was paid by the steward to attend to the farm on property to assist the "inmates". A doctor attended to the almshouse twice a week or when necessary. Plans for a new structure were in the words an in 1871 a new building was erected.  
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As of 1870 the total population of the Almshouse was 60 with about an even spit male and female. The steward salary was $500 and one man was paid by the steward to attend to the farm on property to assist the "inmates". A doctor attended to the almshouse twice a week or when necessary. Plans for a new structure were in the words an in 1871 a new building was erected.  
  
 
The 1871 structure was a four story brick structure 112 by 48 feet with a central projection of 62 feet in depth. Upon its completion the 1839 structure was taken down. The building contains 72 rooms in all. The basement, which is above ground, contains the kitchen, wash rooms, launderies, baker's room, and store rooms. The basement also contained four Boynter's heaters which warmed the rest of the building. Water is pumped into a tank contained on the fourth story.  
 
The 1871 structure was a four story brick structure 112 by 48 feet with a central projection of 62 feet in depth. Upon its completion the 1839 structure was taken down. The building contains 72 rooms in all. The basement, which is above ground, contains the kitchen, wash rooms, launderies, baker's room, and store rooms. The basement also contained four Boynter's heaters which warmed the rest of the building. Water is pumped into a tank contained on the fourth story.  

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