Once known as the "Home For Indigent Women" established by Samuel Gorgas on Leverington Ave just North of Lawton Street in Roxborough on the site of the estate of Horatio Gates Jones that once was used as a Civil War encampment.
Though the home was suppose to be for women over the age of 40 years old who were unable to support themselves, a charge of 100 dollars was the fee to live at this home which is ironic considering the word "indigent" refers to someone who owns nothing but the clothes on their back.
In addition to the 100 dollar fee and the over 40 age requirement, the women were to be "white" and must have lived within the boundaries of "Roxborough".
It is of interest that this home was also referred to as the "Gorgas Home" and that it still stands today on its original site.
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