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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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+ | 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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