page_title: Ashmore Estates
hierarchical_section_title: Ashmore Estates
caption_attribution_description: English: An exterior image of Ashmore Estates, formerly the almshouse at the Coles County Poor Farm.
context_page_description: Ashmore Estates is a historic building outside Ashmore, Illinois, United States.
  This former almshouse, once part of the Coles County Poor Farm, was built in 1916 and operated until 1959, when it was purchased by Ashmore Estates, Inc. for use as a private psychiatric care facility. Ashmore Estates closed in 1986 and stood abandoned until 2006, when it was opened as a commercial haunted house. Local historian and author Michael Kleen presented a paper on the history of Ashmore Estates and the Coles County Poor Farm at the 2010 Conference on Illinois History in Springfield.
context_section_description: Ashmore Estates is a historic building outside Ashmore, Illinois, United States.
  This former almshouse, once part of the Coles County Poor Farm, was built in 1916 and operated until 1959, when it was purchased by Ashmore Estates, Inc. for use as a private psychiatric care facility. Ashmore Estates closed in 1986 and stood abandoned until 2006, when it was opened as a commercial haunted house. Local historian and author Michael Kleen presented a paper on the history of Ashmore Estates and the Coles County Poor Farm at the 2010 Conference on Illinois History in Springfield.
caption: Ashmore Estates Exterior, c.2002
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