History of the Niagara County Infirmary Part 3

This is the third of a three part series on the history of the Niagara County Infirmary. The first part will relate how the property became the Infirmary, moving from the Poor House on Niagara Street. The second will be the general history of the Infirmary from 1915 until its closing in 1979. The third installment will focus on the associated cemetery behind the buildings on Davison Road.

I’m not sure how many of you are aware that just to the north of the baseball fields at the north end of the Infirmary property is a cemetery. The burial ground boundaries are denoted by four corner markers and there are two stones. One denotes the area as “Niagara County Infirmary Cemetery 1915-1960,” while the other says “In Memory of the Children.” There are more than just children buried there. Newborns to centenarians all share a common, final resting spot.

History of the Niagara County Infirmary Part 2

1919 Sanborn Insurance Map showing Davison Road property

This is the second of a three part series on the history of the Niagara County Infirmary. The first part will relate how the property became the Infirmary, moving from the Poor House on Niagara Street. The second will be the general history of the Infirmary from 1915 until its closing in 1979. The third installment will focus on the associated cemetery behind the buildings on Davison Road.

In the 1916 inspection by the State Board of Charities, there is a markedly different tone that from those over the past decade or so. “The Niagara County Almshouse is pleasantly located on the outskirts of the City of Lockport, about a quarter mile distant from the tracks of the city trolley line and somewhat nearer to those of the Buffalo and Syracuse Electric Railroad.”

All Cemeteries Deserve Respect

Today I’m delivering a public service announcement about the An-Jo fields behind the old Social Services Building on Davison Road. Let me start off by saying that I love having baseball fields over there. When I was a kid, we used to have practice on one of the fields over there for Lockport Little League. Of course, back then the fields weren’t as nice as they are now. Plus, throughout the summer, we can hear the cheers of spectators as their children excel at America’s pastime. It is one of the finest sounds of summer.