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With the laws regarding state and Federal welfare following the great depression the almshouse shifted its mission for care for the insane and indigent to caring for the old as a nursing home. It currently still operates at a newer county municipal campus as the York County Hospital and Home, called Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. The annex to the new hospital campus is still in use, being topped by a large cupola.  
 
With the laws regarding state and Federal welfare following the great depression the almshouse shifted its mission for care for the insane and indigent to caring for the old as a nursing home. It currently still operates at a newer county municipal campus as the York County Hospital and Home, called Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. The annex to the new hospital campus is still in use, being topped by a large cupola.  
  
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==References==
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http://www.pa-roots.com/york/history/chapter8.html
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http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/almshouse.asp
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http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.bedford/11774/mb.ashx
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http://books.google.com/books?id=aKgWAAAAYAAJ&dq=york+county+pennsylvania+poorhouse&source=gbs_navlinks_s
  
 
== Images of York County Almshouse ==
 
== Images of York County Almshouse ==
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==Links==
 
http://www.pa-roots.com/york/history/chapter8.html
 
 
http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/almshouse.asp
 
 
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.bedford/11774/mb.ashx
 
 
http://books.google.com/books?id=aKgWAAAAYAAJ&dq=york+county+pennsylvania+poorhouse&source=gbs_navlinks_s
 
  
 
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]
 
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