Image: Maria Flake Boswell Home for Old Women
Description: Upon her death in 1915, Maria Eliza Boswell Flake’s last will directed her trustees to purchase and operate a home in Houston for elderly women with limited circumstances and no remaining family. In 1922 the trustees purchased the Prairie School house at 1103 Berry Street which they converted into the Maria Boswell Flake Home for Old Women. The home served this purpose until 1971 when it was sold The property is in the National Register of Historic Places in the area of Social History as a significant and unique example of a small, private, nonsectarian Progressive Era elder care facility specifically targeted toward women that reflected evolving attitudes about reform and social responsibility.
Title: Maria Flake Boswell Home for Old Women
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Author: Jim Evans
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