Carolyn, It seems when I was in high school in Sumner, the Old County Poor Farm (we *are* talking about one on Riverside Drive aren't we?) was being run by the county as a sort of juvenile detention center. Might some place like Remann Hall have some info? ~Maudeen Maudeen@bainbridge.net Book Reviewer -www.Amazon.com Book Reviwer www.affairedecoeur.com Columnist/Contributor http://www.booksquare.com/subversion/ Under the Covers http://www.silcom.com/~manatee/utc.html Genealogy surnames: WEATHERLY, INMAN, NEELING, CAMERON, SWIFT, CHASE, HAUSER, ARNEY, ROARK, BLAIR, CRAWFORD, PURCELL, HAZLETT, HAISCH, WIPF, MILLIGAN, Locations: Guilford Co, NC, Owen Co., IN, Marshall Co., IA, Medina Co., OH, Kossuth Co., IA, Cecil Co., MD, Chester CO., PA Washington Co., PA, Clayton Co., IA, Warren Co., NJ, Luzerne Co., PA -----Original Message----- From: carolynp@m5.sprynet.com <carolynp@m5.sprynet.com> To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 4:24 PM Subject: PIERCE COUNTY (POOR) FARM >Sorry for the delay, but your request did not go unnoticed. > >Several Years ago, Heritage Quest Research Library attempted to acquire the >Sumner Poor Farm as a permanent home for the library's collection. Since so >much research was done at that time, I contacted the previous director to answer >Dick's question. Wish I had better news. >From Ginger: >"He's not going to like the answer! I couldn't find any at the state, county or >Sumner level! Everyone told me to contact someone else...that they didn't >have the records, if there were any. I talked to a lady (since passed away) that >was a supervisor when it was a nursing home and she didn't know about any >records from before. I couldn't even find enough records of proof to >help get it put on the historic registers. Sorry!" >Ginger > >Very Sad, it's a neat old building. >Carolyn >Director >Heritage Quest Research Library >