Elkhart County Home, aerial view
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An aerial view of the Elkhart County Home shows the main building and the farm behind it. Able-bodied residents grew crops and raised livestock. What was produced on the farm was sold, and the profits went to the operation of the County Home.
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…