Rolling Hills Asylum part 1

poorhouse is an institution where paupers were maintained with public funds. To include orphans, widows, the handicap and minor criminals.

almshouse is a house built by a charitable person or organization for poor people to live in.

asylum is a shelter or protection from danger or those too ill to care for themselves;

an institution offering shelter and support to the mentally ill. A refuge, sanctuary, or safe haven.

Before becoming infamously known as Rolling Hills Asylum and a widely documented hotbed of paranormal activity, the property was originally named

The Genesee County Poor Farm, often affectionately referred to as

"The Old County Home".