The Wood County Infirmary, also known as the poorhouse or simply "The Home," is one of the last county poorhouse sites in Ohio where nearly all of the original structures still stand. Its main building was constructed in 1868, with outbuildings added over the years, and it served as a home for the county's poor, sick, orphaned, elderly, and mentally ill. A Lunatic House was added in 1885 as a facility for the violently insane. The Infirmary operated as a self-sufficient farm where residents contributed according to their ability. Over its 102 years of service, it had an average population of eighty residents, which grew to more than 140 during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The site closed as a poorhouse in 1971, reopened in 1975 as the Wood County Historical Center and Museum, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.