Built in 1683 on the spot where the Pilgrims' minister John Robinson's house was. The Pilgrims built about a dozen small houses in the garden behind Robinson's house. These were smaller than the dwellings that are now part of the almshouse. It is possible to see the roof of the chapel of the Begijnhof from the almshouse garden.

The almshouse was built for members of the Walloon church, through a legacy from Jean Pesyn and his wife Marie de la Noye, who was probably a distant relative of Philip Delanoye, the Pilgrim ancestor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. You may push open the large entry door and view the garden, but please respect the quiet of the residents.