Nicholas Lisi / The Post-StandardDebbie Sydow, president of Onondaga Community College, leads SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zympher on a tour of the old poorhouse hospital: If all goes well, the building ...

Today, the building is called the Thomas Center for Advanced Studies, whose grim history is as forgotten as the names in the poorhouse ledger. Names like William Brown, who died in the poorhouse ...

The original poorhouse was torn down and replaced by a larger one in 1859, Temple said, and as need continued, an even larger two-story brick building was constructed in 1870 for $18,000.

PARKERSBURG — A poorhouse and ... exhibits have been set up at the college with artifacts found on the grounds of the old poorhouse and ... A fire in the brick infirmary building in 1950 ...

Deborah Carvelli had heard stories about the old poorhouse -- stories about the suffering, the sickness, the inadequate treatment. The ghosts. For nearly 20 years, Carvelli taught a class in ...