The Rockland Almshouse is a historic almshouse at 198 Spring Street in Rockland, Massachusetts. The large 2+1⁄2-story L-shaped building was built in 1876, and served as a communal poor house until 1979. It is a rare well-preserved example of a 19th-century almshouse.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It is currently used as an educational facility.
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^"NRHP nomination for Rockland Almshouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
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