Elkhart County Home, 1880
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The third Elkhart County Home was built in 1880 in between Elkhart and Goshen. It had male and female wings of the building, a common area, and cells in the basement for people deemed a harm to themselves and others. Built in Gothic Revival style, it became an iconic building in Elkhart County.
This file appears in: Elkhart County Home
Elkhart County Home
The County Home facility was built on this site in 1886 to provide housing for those who were unable to support themselves. The Indiana Constitution mandated that counties, when able, should build a facility “to provide one or more farms to be an…