Since this is my last week at HSMC, I wanted to write about one of my favorite pieces in the collection. We have written about the Montgomery County Almshouse in prior blogs and many of you have seen our painting of it at HSMC headquarters. However, you may not know the story behind the artist,… Read More »Charles C. Hofmann
Today I thought I would share a unique resource we have here at HSMC. If you have been following our blog and social media posts for a while, you likely have seen several references to the Montgomery County Almshouse. Click here to see a past blog post about the history of that site. In our library, we… Read More »Montgomery County Almshouse Journal Excerpts
The Montgomery County Almshouse originally began serving the poor of the county in 1808. It had been built on 265 acres that the county purchased from Abraham Gotwalt in Upper Providence Township (the county would later add an additional 31 acres to the property).