Dorchester Illustration no. 2176
The Almshouse or the Dorchester Poor House was at Kane Square, the junction of Bowdoin and Hancock Streets. Also published in Dorchester / Anthony Mitchell Sammarco. Dover, NH, 1995. Images of America series.
The building existed prior to annexation in 1870 and was standing at least as late as 1918, but the last map in which it was called an Alms House was in 1884. After that the building was used by the public works department.
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