Taunton Alms House

Taunton Alms House
Taunton Alms House (now Taunton Nursing Home)
Location Taunton, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°55′7″N 71°7′57″W / 41.91861°N 71.13250°W / 41.91861; -71.13250Coordinates: 41°55′7″N 71°7′57″W / 41.91861°N 71.13250°W / 41.91861; -71.13250
Built 1876
Architect E.C. Chandler
Architectural style Italianate
MPS Taunton MRA
NRHP Reference #

84002223

[1]
Added to NRHP July 5, 1984

The Taunton Alms House, now the Taunton Nursing Home, is a historic alms house at 350 Norton Avenue in Taunton, Massachusetts. It built in 1876 on the site of a previous alms house, during a period of reform that sought to improve housing, health care and educational conditions for the poor. The property also contained a communal farm. The house had space for sixty indigents, often children, who would stay there until placed with a local family.[2]

The brick building was designed by local architect E.C. Chandler, and has two stories topped by a gable roof and resting on a raised basement. The main facade is nine-bays wide, with a gable-topped projecting section at the center. The building's Italianate styling includes stone corner quoining.[2] The building was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

The property, still owned and operated by the city, now serves as the Taunton Nursing Home, and includes a large (non-historic) addition on two sides.

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination and MACRIS inventory record for Taunton Alms House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
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