Berks County Almshouse Cemetery
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Berks County Almshouse Cemetery

Also known as Berks County Potter's Field

Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

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  • Get directions Cedar Top Road at Rick Road
    Cumru Township, Pennsylvania, USA
    Coordinates: 40.29653, -75.95019
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This cemetery served the nearby Berks County Almshouse, which housed the county's indigent, elderly, sickly and insane from 1826 to 1951. The dead were buried in unmarked graves. When the site of the former almshouse was razed for redevelopment in 1957, workers accidentally dug up some human remains before they stopped. All that is left visible today from the cemetery is a tranquil field and the entrance gate, marked "POTTER'S FIELD."
This cemetery served the nearby Berks County Almshouse, which housed the county's indigent, elderly, sickly and insane from 1826 to 1951. The dead were buried in unmarked graves. When the site of the former almshouse was razed for redevelopment in 1957, workers accidentally dug up some human remains before they stopped. All that is left visible today from the cemetery is a tranquil field and the entrance gate, marked "POTTER'S FIELD."

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