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A Quick Stop at the Allegany County Poorhouse

It is now my birthday weekend, so that means I call all the shots. So on the way south to our cabin accommodations, I wanted some decay. Since Allegany County Poorhouse is along the way, we stopped in. This is an epic room of newspapers that is completely wide open Read more…


Alleghany County Poorhouse

I would call the place a mess but it seems that even back in 1864 a county physician called it “rotten and filthy.” Still it persisted in some form until the 1960’s. Since then it lay on this land abandoned, a dumping site for many–which makes its allure multifaceted. Here Read more…