Madison County Infirmary
| Description: |
This building, completed in January 1878 at a cost of $7200, housed the inmates of the Madison County infirmary (or poor house.) The third of Madison Countys three poorhouses, it was built on ground purchase from the Berryman Shafer family. A womans wing was added in 1915. The facility was closed in the mid-1980s and in 1986 the land and buildings were sold to the Anderson Municipal Airport. The infirmary was demolished in September 1986. |
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| Origin: | 1930 |
| Created By: |
Norm Cook |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p1819coll7/id/504 |
| Collection: |
Picturing Madison County |
| Copyright: |
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| Subjects: |
Almshouses |
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