Re: Wakelee Ave. Ansonia,Ct. Sanitarium/Prison/Hospital 1910/1920
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Wakelee Ave. Ansonia,Ct. Sanitarium/Prison/Hospital 1910/1920
harold gow 6/07/10
Hello.
It was called "Hillside Home of Ansonia" and it appears to always have been an almshouse. According to a brief article in the Hartford Courant we can deduce that the home's inception was about 1893 and conceived by the people of Ansonia , "to organize a relief society to help the worthy poor and unemployed". In 1930 it was called both Hillside Home and the "Ansonia Town Farm".
Also found the following:
Public documents of the State of Connecticut, Volume 3, Part 2
By The Connecticut General Assembly,
Connecticut 1921
ANSONIA almshouse is owned by the town and is situated one and one half miles north from the center, on the Seymour Road on the west side of the river. It is called the Hillside Home and about fifty acres of land are included in the property. Total number of inmates cared for in 1920, twenty five, of whom three were infants under four years of age. The almshouse is a wooden building and is kept in excellent condition. Steam heat, electric lights, and other modern conveniences add to the comfort of the inmates. When visited the place has been found clean and in good order and the inmates appeared to be contented
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