Jefferson County Alms House

Historic house in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Jefferson County Alms House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

39°20′7″N 77°54′30″W / 39.33528°N 77.90833°W / 39.33528; -77.90833
Built	c. 1813
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	95000418
Added to NRHP	April 14, 1995^[1]

The Jefferson County Alms House, also known as Snow Hill Farm, located near Leetown, West Virginia, is an historic Federal style house. Snow Hill was built circa 1813 for John Hurst, son of James Hurst, a prosperous local landowner. In 1857, Snow Hill was purchased from the Hurst family for use as a farm for the local poor. By 1931 the Alms House (also known as the County Infirmary) had declined to the point that it had become a local disgrace. Corrective measures were taken, and the Infirmary survived until 1959, when its last nine inmates were moved to other quarters.^[2]

The property now houses a number of County agencies.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Julia S. Blickenstaff; Carmen Creamer; Don Wood; Beverley Grove; Galtjo Geertsema (December 13, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Jefferson County Alms House" (PDF). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)