Editing Viola, New York (section)

===Alms House===
[[Image:SUNYRCC1.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Daniel T. Brucker Hall, Rockland Community College]]
The Alms House (or County Poor House) was established in 1837, at Viola (then known as '''Mechanicsville''') in the town of Ramapo, for the poor and destitute (debtors).  It was located {{convert|7|mi|km}} west of [[New City, New York|New City]]. Rockland County had purchased the {{convert|47|acre|m2|adj=on}} parsonage farm of the Kakiat (West [[New Hempstead, New York|New Hempstead]]) Dutch Reformed Church (also known as the Brick Church) for use as an [[alms house]]. There the county originally built a wooden frame house to serve the poor.  The inmates contributed to their upkeep by tending the farm.  In 1883, a brick building was constructed.  The facility included a school for the children.  In 1957, the Alms House was moved to Building "C" at the Pomona Health Center in Summit Park, and the property would become the site of [[Rockland Community College]].  The Alms House was renamed the Rockland County Infirmary and Home.  In 1977, it was removed to Building "A".  It has been renamed the Summit Park Nursing Care Center.  
The old brick Alms House building remains as an administration building (Daniel T. Brucker Hall), used by Rockland Community College.  The farm lands are the campus.  The Poor Cemetery (Potter's Field) remains on the RCC campus, along with the original Gary Onderdonk Veterans' Cemetery.