Postcard
Old Ladies' Home
Exterior view of an "old ladies' home." Caption reads: "Old Ladies' Home, Racine, Wis." |
Image ID: | 40099 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1910 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | Racine |
County: | Racine |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Place File* |
Genre: | Postcard |
Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | PF Racine.108 |
Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
#254 Palmeter Home at 1547 College Ave. John and Eliza Palmeter were a childless couple who devised their estates to the providing of a home for elderly women of limited means. The Palmeters came to Racine in the early 1860s. John worked as a carriage maker at first and later established a successful real estate agency. He died in 1889 and left his estate to Eliza, who incorporated the John H. Palmeter's Old Ladies Home before she died in 1895; but no building was constructed with her endowment fund until its investments provided enough money for that purpose. The building opened in 1905, and for nearly ninety years this residence provided a home and family for the fortunate old ladies who lived here. It eventually became too costly to operate and the Palmeter Home closed in 1993. |
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Institutional care |
Older people |
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