Editing New Castle Poor-House

From Asylum Projects
Jump to: navigation, search

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{infobox institution
 
{{infobox institution
 
| name = New Castle Poor-House
 
| name = New Castle Poor-House
| image = hillviewPA.jpg
+
| image = New Castle Poor house 1885 Report.jpg
| image_size = 250px
+
| image_size = 300px
 
| alt =  
 
| alt =  
 
| caption =  
 
| caption =  
| established = 1865
+
| established =  
 
| construction_began =  
 
| construction_began =  
 
| construction_ended =
 
| construction_ended =
| opened = 1867/1926
+
| opened =
| closed = 2004
+
| closed =  
 
| demolished =  
 
| demolished =  
| current_status = [[Preserved Institution|Preserved]]
+
| current_status =  
| building_style = [[Single Building Institutions|Single Building]]
+
| building_style =  
 
| architect(s) =  
 
| architect(s) =  
| location = New Castle, PA
+
| location =  
 
| architecture_style =
 
| architecture_style =
 
| peak_patient_population =
 
| peak_patient_population =
| alternate_names =<br>
+
| alternate_names =
*Lawrence County Home for the Aged
+
*
*Hill View Manor
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
The facility (second location) opened it’s doors on Tuesday, October 19, 1926.  That day, Perry D Snyder, and his wife Mary A Snyder, whom were first elected in March 1913 to serve in respective posts of the New Castle City Home, took up residence in the Lawrence County Home for the Aged.  Along with Mr. and Mrs. Snyder, their two children, about 12 staff members, and the first twenty inmates, left the old City home and also took up residence in the Lawrence County Home. The home continued to operate for many years and in the latter half of the 1960’s was remodeled and slowly changed into a  skilled nursing center while under supervision of Director Clarence E Covert. By 1970 the home was facing severe overcrowding issues, and Covert became bitter about lack of county support and resigned in January of 1973.
 
  
In December of 1974 the county decided to add a new section, which is now known as the North Wing, and remodeled some of the existing floors.  A new three-story addition including an additional basement floor was to be built.  This would allow the home to accommodate another thirty or more residents.  A new kitchen and dining room and other occupational rooms were included in the construction.  The north wing opened in mid-1977, and after a contest to find a more suitable name for the Lawrence County Home for the Aged, it was renamed as Hill View Manor on March 22, 1977. Hill View Manor closed it’s doors in 2004 due to financial constraints. Although it seems to sit quietly at the top of the grassy hill above Route 65, evidence of its history remains active.
+
 
  
 
== Images of the New Castle Poor-House ==
 
== Images of the New Castle Poor-House ==
Line 38: Line 36:
  
 
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]
 
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Preserved Institution]]
+
 
[[Category:Single Building Institutions]]
 
 
[[Category:County Almshouse]]
 
[[Category:County Almshouse]]

Please note that all contributions to Asylum Projects may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Asylum Projects:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To edit this page, please answer the question that appears below (more info):

Cancel | Editing help (opens in new window)