Near Glenville in Gilmer County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 30, 2021

1. Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary Marker

Inscription. Care of its needy citizens dates to the county's creation in 1845. By 1907, an infirmary was needed on the local poor farm. With a $6,000 levy, the county court hired Albert N. West to design and W.D. Whiting to build the structure. After New Deal changed need for a poor farm, the building was used for civil and social services. Added to National Register 1998, condemned 2020.

Erected 2020 by Gilmer County Parks and Recreation Board, Inc., and West Virginia Archives & History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.

Location. 38° 57.13′ N, 80° 49.703′ W. Marker is near Glenville, West Virginia, in Gilmer County. It is at the intersection of Sycamore Road (County Route 12) and Sycamore Run Road (Local Road 12/7), on the left when traveling north on Sycamore Road. It is 1.4 miles north of Route 5, Little Kanawha Parkway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Glenville WV 26351, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Virginia’s Little Kanawha Valley.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Samuel Lewis Hays (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort Moore (approx. 1.1 miles away); Glenville State College Presidents (approx. 1.1 miles away); Attack on Glenville

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(approx. 1.1 miles away); Fallen Post Oak (approx. 1.1 miles away); Glenville State College World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Old Glenville Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Clemons Tower (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glenville.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 30, 2021

2. Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary Marker

Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary Building in 2013 image. Click for full size.

By ATothS (CC ) via Wikimedia Commons, October 1, 2013

3. Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary Building in 2013

Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 660 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 2, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.