Children's Homes and Institutions in Virginia, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Children's Home, 406 Duke Street, Alexandria
(1902; Allison Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Helpless and destitute children from 4 to 12; 14M+F) - Bethany Home Orphanage, South Richmond R. D. 3, Bon Air
(1894; Private corporation; Orphan children from 2 to 8; 30M/17F) - Bethany Home, Boydton
(1903; Colored Orphan Relief Society; Colored orphan children) - Danville Orphanage, 1015 North Main Street, Danville
(1896; Private corporation; Homeless children; 14M/20F) - Assembly's Home and School, Prince Edward and Charlotte Streets, Fredericksburg
(1893; Presbyterian Church in the United States; Ministers' orphans and missionaries' children; 29M/20F) - Female Charity School, Twelfth and Main Streets, Fredericksburg
(1802; Private corporation (Episcopal); Orphan and dependent children; 8F) - Weaver Orphan Home, Fredericksburg
(1904; Tidewater Orphan Association; Orphan, dependent, and neglected children; 11M/24F) - Lynchburg Female Orphan Asylum, Hampton
(1902; Private corporation; Orphan girls from 3 to 8; 78F) - Presbyterian Orphans' Home, R. D. 4, Lynchburg
(1902; Presbyterian Church in the United States; Orphan children; 20M/12F) - Odd Fellows' Home, Lynchburg
(1849; Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Virginia; Odd Fellows' orphan children; 62M/52F) - Jackson Orphan Asylum, 112 Charlotte Street, Norfolk
(1856; Private corporation (Episcopal); Orphan and destitute girls) - Bonney Home for Girls, 13 Boissevain Avenue, Norfolk
(1910; Private corporation; Indigent girls over 5) - St Mary's Orphan Asylum, 172 Chapel Street, Norfolk
(1834; Sisters of Charity; Orphan girls from 3 to 13; 55F) - Holt Street Orphan Asylum, 203 Holt Street, Norfolk
(1904; Female Orphan Society of Norfolk; Orphan and homeless girls; 32F) - Turney Home for Boys, 268 Bank Street, Norfolk
(1886; Private corporation; Homeless boys) - Day Nursery and Children's Home, 511 Chapel Street, Norfolk
(1909; Private organization; Orphan and dependent children; 9M/8F) - Petersburg Female Orphan Asylum, 237 South Sycamore Street, Petersburg
(1848; Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Orphan girls from 3 to 13; 13F) - Portsmouth Orphan Asylum, 603 North Street, Portsmouth
(1856; Private corporation; Destitute orphan children; 5M/14F) - Virginia Home for Infants, 100 West Clay Street, Richmond
(1908; Private corporation; Indigent and abandoned infants and boarders; 7M/8F) - Friends' Orphan Asylum, 112 West Charity Street, Richmond
(1872; Private corporation; Orphan and abandoned children; 8M/9F) - Foundling Hospital, 425 North Thirty-second Street, Richmond
(1894; Private corporation; Foundlings; 6M/3F) - St Paul's Church Home, 606 East Leigh Street, Richmond
(1859; St Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church; Dependent and neglected girls; 20F) - Female Orphans' Home, 703 East Leigh Street, Richmond
(1805; Private corporation; Neglected and dependent girls from 3 to 12; 57F) - Holy Innocent Foundling Asylum, 709 North First Street, Richmond
(1895; St Joseph's Society for Colored Missions; Abandoned colored infants) - Richmond Male Orphan Asylum, Amelia Street, Richmond
(1844; Private corporation; Orphan and dependent boys; 45M) - St Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Fourth and Marshall Streets, Richmond
(1834; Sisters of Charity; Indigent and neglected girls; 60F) - Methodist Orphanage, Station A, Richmond
(1900; Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Orphan and destitute children; 54M/61F) - Masonic Home, Richmond
(1890; Masonic Grand Lodge of Virginia; Masons' dependent orphan children; 34M/29F) - Ebenezer Home, Ninth Avenue and Seventh Street, Roanoke
(1910; Private organization; Orphan and needy children; 12M/10F) - St Vincent's Male Orphanage, Roanoke
(1893; Sisters of Charity of Nazareth; Orphan boys from 4 to 12; 28M) - Lutheran Orphan Home, Salem
(1888; United Synod in the South; Orphan and needy children from 5 to 12; 37M) - Baptist Orphanage of Virginia, Salem
(1892; Private corporation (Baptist); Orphan children; 80M)
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