Essex County Home and Farm

Essex County Home and Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Whallonsburg, New York
Coordinates	44°15′23″N73°24′38″W / 44.25639°N 73.41056°W / 44.25639; -73.41056
Area	24 acres (9.7 ha)
Built	1860
Architect	Dowling & Prescott
NRHP reference No.	82003357 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 23, 1982

Essex County Home and Farm, also known as Whallonsburg County Home and Infirmary, is a historic almshouse and infirmary located at Whallonsburg in Essex County, New York. The property include seven contributing buildings and one contributing site. The core of the complex is a homogeneous cluster of four brick buildings on fieldstone foundations. The largest is the Home Building, a 2-story dormitory originally constructed in 1860. Located nearby are a milk house and dining / kitchen building. The 2+1⁄2-story infirmary building was built in 1899. Farm buildings include an equipment shed / garage, dairy barn, and hog-chicken house. Also on the property is the institution's cemetery site. The home and infirmary ceased operation in 1980. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[1]

Further reading

• Essex County Home at Abandoned: Historical perspective with accompanying exterior and interior photographs

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Raymond W. Smith (July 1982). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Essex County Home and Farm. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 29, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)