Wythe County Poorhouse Farm is a historic poor farm complex located at

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, Wythe County, Virginia. The poor farm was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1957. It was the second poor farm in Wythe County; the first was in operation from 1825 to 1858. The property includes the contributing Queen Anne style overseer's house (c. 1890s), eight pauper homes (c. 1858), a shed (c. 1920), a spring house (c. 1858), smokehouse (c. 1858), wash house (c. 1858), and

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(c. 1900). The property is open to the public for visitation and historical interpretation. an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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"Wythe County Poorhouse Farm," ''The Mountain Laurel: The Journal of Mountain Life'', January 2001.
Poor farms Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Queen Anne architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1890 Buildings and structures in Wythe County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Wythe County, Virginia {{WytheCountyVA-NRHP-stub