The Pest House, Baltimore County Almshouse

ID: 1464 ~ Source: Historical Society of Baltimore County ~ Date: 2003
This file appears in: Baltimore County Almshouse: A Landmark Preserved by the Historical Society of Baltimore County

Though the official purpose of the Pest House was to quarantine residents with contagious diseases, records indicate administrators most often used the building to segregate African American men from other residents.

This file appears in: Baltimore County Almshouse: A Landmark Preserved by the Historical Society of Baltimore County