The 1914 Bromley map of Mount Pleasant offers a view of the almshouse in relation to Kensico Cemetery (see below) as well as a detailed view of the multiple buildings in the almshouse complex. There seem to have been eight buildings in the 1901 map -- one large and seven small -- whereas the 1914 map shows eight buildings of varying sizes, most larger than those shown on the 1901 map.
James Butler and John D. Rockefeller are still named as the landowners of the properties surrounding the almshouse complex. In the full map below, you can see that part of the land directly south to that of James Butler's has been parceled out as "Proposed filter beds New York City water supply." The development of the New York City watershed in Westchester County began in the 1890s. In Mount Kisco, it necessitated the destruction of a large portion of the downtown village.
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