Ashmore Estates has long been known as a haunted building.  The building was for 20 years off-limits to the general public.  Many had visited the site illegally and experienced the haunt first hand.  Now you can experience this 'massively haunted' site for your self.  The owners have made the site available in many ways. 

Historical Information:  Ashmore Estates is a three floor building that was built in 1916.  It has housed people who were indigent and those who had mental disabilities.  From 1916 to around 1956 the building was the Coles County Almshouse located on the 200-300 acre Coles County Poor Farm.  As many as 200 people died on the site.  From 1956 to 1976 it housed the "mentally impaired" as a mental institution.  In 1976 Paul Swinford purchased the building and reworked it to be used as a ICFDD (Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled).  The building remained in use until 1987 when it was closed due to lack of funding.  31 paranormal groups (as of 11/10) have visited here since July 2006. The consensus is that the building is very active.  Many have experienced the mystique of Ashmore Estates for them selves.

Genealogical Links (being complied):

Deaths in the Poor Farm 1880
Coles County Poor Farm cemetery grave stone photos (with names and dates)
Plat Map of Coles County Poor Farm between 1913
Plat Map of Ashmore Township 1913
Plat Map of Oakland 1913
Plat Map of Ashmore 1913
 
Michael Kleen writes a free electronic serial publication on the Legends and Lore of Coles County and Legends and Lore of Illinois via Black Oak Media.  He prepared one issue exclusively on Ashmore Estates.  This has been available since June 2006 and has been the most concise short work on the history of Ashmore Estates to date.  Also you can learn more about Ashmore Estates in his new "A Short History of Ashmore Estates" now available for download at a cost of $5.95.

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