Farnhurst, Delaware
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  • Delaware State Hospital
    • History of the Delaware State Hospital
    • Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst >
      • Final Report for Dr. Kevin Huckshorn
    • The Ledger Project & Database
  • New Castle County Almshouse/Hospital (1884--1933)
    • History of the New Castle County Hospital/Almshouse
    • History of the NCCH Cemetery in the Woods at Farnhurst
    • Who is buried in the NCCH Cemetery?
    • PROFILES IN OBSCURITY >
      • Manuel and Baby Bivins
      • Albert Smith
    • Moses Brooks, black, single, old
    • Harriet A. Chadwick, "cripple", daughter of William H.
    • Elijah Hoy
  • Felix Bell
    • Louis H. Gross
  • Kazimez Wooblewski
    • Abe Riggs
    • Sarah E. Elbert >
      • Joseph Bailey
  • Samuel Waters
  • Wm. Patterson & Jos. Jackson
  • Annie Caulk
  • (James) Alfred Frisby Sr. & Jr. & Isaiah Frisby
  • Ruth Westbrook
  • Elizabeth Engram
  • Joseph Manders
  • Evelyn Kelsic & newborn
  • Amanda Row Hammond
  • William Jenkin Harris, Jr.
    • Jerry Ivory >
      • Antonio Piacentini
    • Karl Oiderman
  • Landren Blannen
  • Evelyn Matthews and Delaware Hearn
  • William Johnson
  • Ferdinand Hunt
  • Bessie Roberts
  • Timeline of Potter's Fields
  • Moore's Lane Potter's Field (1934-1962)
  • Boulden Boulevard Potter's Field (1962-1978)
  • Maps and photos of the Farnhurst area
  • Interview with Georgie Ross 1999
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New Castle County Hospital/Almshouse

Photo of the New Castle County Almshouse shortly after its completion in 1884.  The first patients arrived in 1885.  The name was changed to the New Castle County Hospital in 1889.  In 1933, the New Castle County Hospital (along with its own dedicated cemetery) was closed and the indigent aged people became wards of the state (and moved to the new State Welfare Home in Smyrna); the land and the old NCCH building were sold to DSH for $20,000, and the building was renamed the "New Castle Building."  It burned to the ground in 1961.

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History of the New Castle County Almshouse/Hospital
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NCCH Cemetery/ Farnhurst Potter's Field  
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Death Certificates Project & Database
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