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Erwin Home for Worthy and Indigent Women

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Built
  
1891 (1891)

Opened
  
1891

Added to NRHP
  
12 April 2002

NRHP Reference #
  
02000332

Area
  
1 ha

Erwin Home for Worthy and Indigent Women

Location
  
140 Bassett St., New Britain, Connecticut

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne style architecture

The Erwin Home for Worthy and Indigent Women is a historic building at 140 Bassett Street in New Britain, Connecticut.

The Queen Anne style building was started in 1891 and is "a two- and three-story masonry and frame apartment building constructed at the turn of the 20th century in the Queen Anne style, with mid-20th century additions." and "is significant architecturally because it is an outstanding example of the Queen Anne style. It is also significant in local history because of its association with a prominent industrial leader [Cornelius Buckley Erwin (1811-1885)] of the New Britain community during the second half of the 19th century. It is of interest as an early example of private beneficence for the benefit of impoverished women which has continued its mission for more than a century." The organization was founded through a beneficence from Cornelius Erwin to South Presbyterian Church (South Congregational Church) who has run the home for poor women ever since its inception. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

References

Erwin Home for Worthy and Indigent Women Wikipedia