Widows’ Home

The Widows' Home is a historic social service facility at 1846-1860 North Main Street in . Built in 1864–65, its buildings are among the oldest in the city's North End, and a rare surviving example of a mid-19th-century facility for indigent women.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Union Baptist Church and Windsor Avenue Congregational Church.

Church
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The is a historic church at 1913 and 1921 Main Street in , . Originally built by an Episcopal congregation, it has for many years been home to an African-American Baptist congregation, which under the leadership of Rev.

Church
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Faith Congregational Church is a historic church at 2030 Main Street in . The brick Romanesque Revival-style church building, completed in 1872, now houses Faith Congregational Church, whose lineage includes the city's oldest African-American congregation, established in 1819.

Cemetery
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The is a on Main Street in the Clay-Arsenal Neighborhood North of Downtown . It was established in 1807, and was the city's second municipal cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clay Hill Historic District and Capen-Clark Historic District.

Neighborhood
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The in is a 60-acre historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and expanded in 1984.

Neighborhood
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The encompasses a residential neighborhood area in the North End of . Centered on Capen Street between Main and Enfield Streets, it contains a cross-section of post-Civil War Victorian vernacular housing styles, and shows in its development patterns the ebb and flow of the city's economy between about 1865 and 1910.

Neighborhood
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The is a 19-acre historic district in . It is a predominantly residential area located around Main Street and High Street North of I-84 and south of the Amtrak Railroad Tracks.

Widows’ Home

Latitude
41.77977° or 41° 46′ 47″ north
Longitude
-72.67572° or 72° 40′ 33″ west
Open location code
87H9Q8HF+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1061827494
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q48845241
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