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Samaritan Home for the Aged of the City of NY

James N. Wells established his real estate business in 1819. In 1835 Wells completed his own grand town house at No. 414 West 22nd Street, just about a block from his office. In 1867 The Samaritan Home for the Aged was founded in an effort to relieve the overcrowded conditions of other old age homes. It advertised itself as “a permanent home for aged, friendless, indigent persons, of good character, of both sexes, over 65 years of age, and of all Protestant denominations.” The home was supported by voluntary contributions, a $250 entrance fee (a sizable amount in 1867), and bequeaths. By 1870 the Home needed a permanent building and No. 414 was purchased. At the turn of the century there were 19 men and 15 women residing at the home, one of whom had been there seventeen years. On May 27, 1929 the cornerstone for the new Samaritan Home for the Aged was laid at 440 East 88th Street. The aged brick residence was taken over as the Women’s Emergency Lodge of the Salvation Army where needy women were given shelter until 1952. That year the Lodge was moved to 11 Dominick Street.The following year the house was renovated into 25 furnished rooms and, in 1971, modernized again as 30 apartments.Today most of the architectural detailing of No. 414 West 22nd Street has been stripped away.

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Margaret Bean Flowers have been left.

1801 – 1883

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Elizabeth Berrian Flowers have been left.

1796 – 1883

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Charles C Blythe Flowers have been left.

1817 – 1890

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Jane Boyd Flowers have been left.

1831 – 1909

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Edward Bradley Flowers have been left.

1843 – 1922

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Mary Ann Bristow Flowers have been left.

1828 – 2 Mar 1912

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Philander Brown Flowers have been left.

1810 – 1888

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Mary B Burges Flowers have been left.

1810 – 1881

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Alexander Campbell Flowers have been left.

1812 – 1898

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Joseph Carpenter Flowers have been left.

1818 – 29 Nov 1892

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Benedis Leon Cetlinski Flowers have been left.

1814 – 1899

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Francis A Chalmers Flowers have been left.

1821 – 15 Aug 1898

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Edwin Coleman Flowers have been left.

1822 – 1889

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

James Cranston Flowers have been left.

1839 – 1922

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

John Crawford Flowers have been left.

1836 – 1914

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Hannah Daniels Flowers have been left.

1849 – 1925

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Francis Asbury Dunn Flowers have been left.

1817 – 1883

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Charles Durand Flowers have been left.

1820 – 1889

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Eliza B Elliot Flowers have been left.

1806 – 1881

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Charles Roland Elsworth Flowers have been left.

1838 – 27 Jul 1921

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

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