The Jefferson County Alms House, also known as Snow Hill Farm, located near
Leetown, West Virginia
Leetown is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It lies along West Virginia Secondary Route 1 at its junction with Leetown Pike.
An early historical distinction of the town is the interesting conflu ...
, is an historic
Federal style
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the newly founded United States between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was heavily based on the works of Andrea Palladio with several inn ...
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.
The property now houses a number of County agencies.
References
External links
Jefferson County Alms House- History at Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Houses in Jefferson County, West Virginia
Federal architecture in West Virginia
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Public housing in West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia
Houses completed in 1813
1813 establishments in Virginia
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