Source: Reading and Berks County Pennsylvania: Mirror to the Past (Collector's Edition), Wyomissing: Wyomissing New Home Federal Savings, undated.
SHILLINGTON, PA. -- From a hilltop, a view of the Berks County Almshouse. The 417 acres originally purchased for the institution cost the county $16,690 and in 1878 the almshouse accommodated 613 guests. It was hailed as the finest institution of its kind in the state.
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