The first Almshouse was opened on the Commons of the City in 1736 and fell under the care and control of the Overseers of the Poor, House of Correction, Workhouse and Poorhouse, headed by two men appointed by the Office of the Mayor. Established by the Quakers on the grounds of City Hall. The plaque was installed on City Hall Park 1999.

"During the 1999 restoration of City Hall Park, archaeological excavations uncovered burials in this area believed to have been associated with a shelter and workhouse for the poor known as the First Almshouse (1736-1797) located where City Hall now stands."  

&lt;p&gt;'The fragmentary remains of early New Yorkers were found by archaeologists during construction in the vicinity of City Hall Park and reinterred at this site by the City in 2010. Multiple 18th Century burial grounds once existed here associated with the Almshouse, a poorhouse built in 1736 where City Hall now stands, the Barracks, four structures in the north of the park built by the British in 1757 to house soldiers; the New Gaol, a prison east of City hall built in 1759, and the Bridewell, a prison to the west of City hall built in 1775. The adjacent African Burial Ground was in use by 1712.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During subsequent excavation in the vicinity of City hall park and Tweed Courthouse as part of the 2010 City Hall Rehabilitation Project, additional fragmentary remains of early New Yorkers were unearthed and reinterred at this site by the City in 2013.'&lt;/p&gt; 

Poor house in the Commons area of Manhattan 

1st Almshouse Established