Consumptives Home, Quincy Street

No. 565 Postcard. Consumptives Home, Quincy St., Dorchester, Mass. Circa 1910.

The Free Home for Consumptives was located on the north side of Quincy Street and occupied the land now taken up by the cul-de-sac Fernald Terrace and its houses. .  It was free to “all poor consumptives, of every nationality, creed, and color where no pay patients are admitted.” )The Dorchester Beacon, December 21, 1901).  Elizabeth A. Power founded the Free Home for Consumptives at Quincy and served as its president for many years. (Obituary in The Boston Globe, February 3, 1924).

 

 

 

 

 

No. 13532 Card appealing for donations, Free Home for Constumptives

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May 20, 2020