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Pauls' Dictionary of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda and vicinity.
Peter Paul Book Co., Buffalo, N.Y.; 1896

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        ERIE COUNTY ALMSHOUSE.  This
     institution is on the east side of Main
     Street near the city line.  The house is
     four stories high and built of white flint
     stone; stands about five hundred feet from 
     the street, and has a well-kept lawn in front, 
     while the balance of the land surrounding the
     institution is cultivated and used to raise
     vegetables for the use of the inmates.  There
     are usually from 400 to 500 persons in the
     home, the majority being men.