Good Afternoon Everyone!


Many of you probably know that the Greene County Historical Society Museum is located at the site of the former Greene County Home, or as it was known in the yearly years the Almshouse or Poorfarm.

We discovered an old VHS Tape that had interviews with some former staff that worked at the County Home in the 1920s and 30s.   Please forgive the quality of this video, but it is interesting to watch nonetheless.




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