The Poor House was mosatl often referred to as the Alms House. It was originally a wooden structure, but was replaced by a brick structure. The brick structure remains and is used as the Administration Building for Rockland Community College. The activities of the Alms House were moved to the Rockland County Health Complex, in Pomona and are under the Department of Social Services. Bob Protzmann ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 11:44 am Subject: [NYROCKLA] Re: Suffern/Mental Hospital > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YUB.2ACI/1528.2 > > Message Board Post: > > there was a "poor house" in Suffern on College Avenue. The house > was on the property of what is now Rockland community College. I > do not know what the name of the house was, but it was converted > for use by the college. > > > ==== NYROCKLA Mailing List ==== > Visit the Rockland Co. NY GenWeb page at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrockla/ > >

Don't know about Rockland co. but thought you might find this interesting. In 1860 the County Home in Hackensack - {listed as the poor house on one inmates death certificate} had 26 inmates of all ages, both blacks and whites, also in the home, including many children, of whom 19 were paupers, 3 were insane, 2 were idiotic, and 2 were foolish. 1860 U. S. census, Bergen County, New Jersey, population schedule, New Barbadoes Township, Hackensack post office, p. 460 (penned) page no. 72, dwelling 579, family 614, line 15, Stephen Westervelt, County Poor House, (John C. Demarest Warden); digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 21 November 2005); from National Archives microfilm M653, Roll 683. Ree On May 3, 2006, at 7:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > The Poor House was mosatl often referred to as the Alms House. It was > originally a wooden structure, but was replaced by a brick structure. > The brick structure remains and is used as the Administration Building > for Rockland Community College. The activities of the Alms House were > moved to the Rockland County Health Complex, in Pomona and are under > the Department of Social Services. > Maria (Ree) Pratt Hopper compiler of The Hopper Family Genealogy; Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam 1651-1658; First Six Generations Visit www.reetree.com for information - click on "My Book" Please also visit my larger web site - Ree's Trees http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~reetrees/bhome.index.html