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Page 115          Biennial Report of the State Board
                     of Corrections and Charities
                                1873

                              MONTCALM

      This poor-farm is situated on a farm of 120 acres, five and
   one-half miles northeast of the village of Greenville.  A small
   stream of water flows in front of the house.  The fences are
   good, and there is a good vegetable garden, but no flowers nor
   small fruits, except currants.  An addition to the house is
   being constructed for the purpose of making more sleeping
   rooms for the paupers.  It will be two stories high, with a
   wide hall passing through the center, with rooms on either side.
      The number of paupers on the day of visitation was seven,
   of whom three were children and one a woman upwards of
   eighty-four years old.  She is said to have eight children alive,
   one of whom is a minister in Iowa.  She is hard to care for,
   and her children have permitted her to go upon the charity of
   the county and the care of strangers rather than to be at the
   trouble of looking after her themselves.  The country is new,
   and the poor-house has not had, perhaps, the attention that
   similar institutions have in some of the older counties; but,
   on the whole it is a good beginning, and speaks well for the
   enterprise and humanity of the superintendents who have it
   in charge.

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Abstract of the Reports
Superintendents of the Poor
State of Michigan, 1891

    [41-42]

        Montcalm. - The poorhouse is located in the township of Fair
     Plains, four and one-half miles east of Greenville.  The condition of
     the house and other buildings is good, considering the time they have
     been built.  Facilities for bathing are bath tub with hot and cold
     water.  Buildings are warmed by stoves and ventilated by doors, win-
     dows and ventilators attached to chimneys.  The treatment of paupers
     is humane.  The food is good and healthy, and inmates are given all
     they want.  Clothing is comfortable.  A physician visits the house
     once a week and oftener when necessary.  For the insane and idiotic we
     have a separate building with living room attached for the matron,
     whose sole duty is to care for them.  Children attend district school.

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Page 142          Biennial Report of the State Board
                    of Corrections and Charities
                             1907-1908

                              MONTCALM

        Infirmary some six miles from Greenville.  A two story brick build-
     ing with a high basement where idiots are quartered; is well planned
     and well equipped with bath rooms, lavatories and closets; is heated
     with hot water and is well ventilated; is lighted with gas; has good
     fire escapes, water supply and sewerage.

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