The buildings at what was known as the Berkeley County Farm were dilapidated and a new roof was needed for the circa 1840s limestone barn to save it. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The tire pile was an ...

MAPLE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Steve Stier watches horses plow the Poor Farm Barn’s new community garden with a smile. For him, it’s a long-fought victory. “(Leelanau) County has owned this land ...

By the 1950s, the poor farm was all but defunct, like most others in the state. The county tore down the Victorian house where the residents lived and demolished the silo on the site, but left the ...

The Ramsey County Poor Farm sits near the intersection of Frost and White Bear Avenues. The historic barn the serves as the site's anchor was built in 1918, and once housed 135 cows to provide ...

Mount Pleasant's PBS station, WCMU-TV, is airing two special broadcasts of the Leelanau County Historical Preservation Society's new documentary on its efforts to save the historical Poor Farm ...

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a $28,948 proposal from CertaPro Painters to restore and repaint the Livestock Barn at the Historic Poor Farm during the board’s formal ...

At last, I have reached the “Poor House,” known as the “Poor Farm.” ... It included an 1879 hospital, and 1883 residence hall, a barn and a shed. The Winona County Poor House was a working ...

The two-story apartment complex was once a “poor house” on the “poor farm” run by La Plata County. It was built by the county around 1911 for that purpose, Durango newspaper stories say.