Children's Homes and Institutions in Illinois, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- German Lutheran Orphan Asylum, Addison
(1873; Private corporation (Lutheran); Orphan children; 15M/8F) - Roman Catholic Orphanage, 417 Prospect Street, Alton
(1883; Sisters of the Precious Blood; Catholic orphan children from 2 to 12; 67M/43F) - Swedish Lutheran Orphans' Home, Lynn Center P.O., Andover
(1867; Augustana Synod; Scandinavian orphan children; 26M/17F) - St John's Catholic Orphanage, Belleville
(1879; Sisters, Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ; Orphan and dependent children; 108M/86F) - Girls' Industrial Home, State and Taylor Streets, Bloomington
(1889; Private corporation; Dependent girls; 28F) - Cairo Children's Home, 320 Twenty-fifth Street, Cairo
(1902; Private corporation; Dependent and delinquent children; 23M/31F) - Bethel Holiness Orphanage, 736 West Main, Carlinville
(1906; Holiness Christian Church; Orphan and dependent children from 2 to 12; 11M/16F) - Marks Nathan Jewish Orphan Home, 1243 North Wood Street, Chicago
(1905; Private corporation; Jewish orphans from 5 to 11; 105M/58F) - Lutheran Children's Home, 1352 Rockwell Street, Chicago
(1908; German Missouri Synod; Dependent children for temporary care) - Chicago Homes for Boys, 1506 West Adams Street, Chicago
(1899; Protestant Episcopal Church; Homeless boys; 102M) - Chicago Nursery and Half Orphan Asylum, 1932 Burling Street, Chicago
(1861; Private corporation; Orphans and working women's children; 70M/54F) - Angel Guardian Orphan Asylum, 2001 Devon Avenue, Chicago
(1866; Private corporation; Orphan children; 574M+F) - Ghlich Lutheran Orphan Asylum, 2014 Burling Street, Chicago
(1867; St Paul's Lutheran Church; German Lutheran orphan children; 42M/42F) - St Mary's Home for Children, 2822 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago
(1895; Sisters of St Mary (Episcopal); Dependent children; 14M/105F) - St Joseph's Providence Orphan Asylum, 3018 North Fortieth Avenue, Chicago
(1889; Sisters of St Joseph; Orphan and destitute boys; 65M) - Danish Orphans' Home, 3320 Evergreen Avenue, Chicago
(1883; Danish Lutheran Church in America; Danish orphan children from 1 to 14; 14M/10F) - Chicago Orphan Asylum, 5120 South Park Avenue, Chicago
(1849; Private corporation; Orphan children; 104M/96F) - Home for Jewish Friendless Children, 5228 Ellis Avenue (Hyde Park), Chicago
(1901; Associated Jewish Charities; Homeless Jewish Children; 65M/72F) - Louise Juvenile Home for Dependent Children, 6124 Ada Street (Englewood), Chicago
(1907; Private organization; Dependent children; 17M/37F) - Jewish Orphan Home, 6208 Drexel Avenue, Chicago
(1893; Associated Jewish Charities; Orphan children; 94M/74F) - St Vincent's Infant Asylum, 721 La Salle Ave, Chicago
(1872; Sisters of Charity; Foundlings and destitute children under 7; 178M/72F) - Juvenile Detention Home, 771 Ewing Street, Chicago
(1906; County of Cook; Dependent, truant, and delinquent children; 2636M/873F) - Vermilion County Children's Home, Logan Avenue and Williams Street, Danville
(1894; Private corporation; Homeless, neglected, and delinquent children; 10M/9F) - Dover Deaconess Home, Dover
(1902; Congregational Church; Dependent orphan children; 2M/8F) - Receiving Home, Duquoin
(1908; Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society; Dependent children; 18M/8F) - Norwegian Lutheran Children's Home, Norwood Park P.O., R.D. 1, Edison Park
(1899; Norwegian Lutheran Children's Home Society; Norwegian orphan and deserted children; 48M/37F) - Larkin Home for Children, 320 South State Street, Elgin
(1889; Private corporation; Destitute and dependent children from 3 to 16; 22M+F) - Receiving Home, 826 Ridge Avenue, Evanston
(1907; Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society; Dependent children; 25M/11F) - Salem Orphanage, Flanagan
(1896; Defenseless Mennonite Church; Orphan and destitute children; 43M/33F) - St Vincent's Orphan Home, 7 Jefferson Street, Freeport
(1896; Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart; Foundlings and orphan children under 12; 36M/28F) - Glenwood Manual Training School, Glenwood
(1887; Private corporation; Normal, dependent boys; 343M) - Winnebago Farm School, Shirland P.O., Harrison
(1907; Private corporation; Delinquent and dependent boys; 15M) - Amanda Smith Orphan Home, 305 One hundred forty-seventh Street, Harvey
(1893; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless children; 2M/8F) - Hoyleton Orphan Home, Hoyleton
(1895; German Evangelical Synod of North America; Orphan and homeless children; 53M/45F) - Hudelson Baptist Orphanage, Irvington
(1903; Private corporation (Baptist); Needy children between 2 and 15; 15M/15F) - Guardian Angel Home, 117 Buell Avenue, Joliet
(1897; Sisters of St Francis; Orphan and homeless children; 69M/94F) - Lutheran Orphanage, Rowell Avenue, Joliet
(1891; Augustana Synod; Swedish Lutheran orphans; 64M/41F) - Illinois Masonic Orphans' Home, Masonic Grand Lodge of Illinois, La Grange
(1885; Masons' orphan children; Masons' orphan children; 36M/31F) - Methodist Deaconess Orphanage, Scranton Avenue, Lake Bluff
(1894; Methodist Episcopal Church; Foundlings and orphan and homeless children; 83M/59F) - Allendale Farm, Lake Villa
(1897; Allendale Association; Dependent, friendless, and neglected boys; 62M) - Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home of Illinois, Wyatt Avenue, Lincoln
(1893; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Mentally sound orphan children of Odd Fellows; 88M/70F) - St Joseph's Bohemian Orphanage, 1641 Allport Street, Chicago (office), Lisle
(1898; Bohemian Catholic churches; Orphan and dependent children from 3 to 14; 15M/13F) - Central Baptist Orphanage, 504 First Avenue, Maywood
(1895; Private corporation (Baptist); Dependent children; 52M/55F) - Home for Disabled Children, 902 South Eighth Avenue, Maywood
(1908; National Children's Home Society; Crippled, deformed, and disabled children; 2M/4F) - St Mary's Orphanage, Metamora
(1888; Sisters of St Francis; Orphan children; 41M/14F) - Bacon Home for Missionaries' Children, Morgan Park
(1893; American Baptist Foreign Mission Society; Missionaries' children from 7 to 18; 8M/9F) - Mount Carmel Faith Home, R.D. 5, Morrison
(1900; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless children under 18; 10M/16F) - Nachusa Lutheran Orphanage, Nachusa
(1904; General Synod of the Lutheran Church; Orphan children; 10M/12F) - Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home, Beech and Lincoln Streets, Normal
(1869; State of Illinois; Soldiers' and sailors' orphans and other dependent children; 188M/126F) - Mason Deaconess Home and Baby Fold, Normal
(1905; Methodist Episcopal Church; Orphan children under 3; 11M/7F) - Bethel Home, Onarga
(1875; Western Seamen's Friend Society; Defective children; 9M/6F) - Edgar County Children's Home, R.D. 1, Paris
(1898; Private corporation; Dependent children; 29M/15F) - Lutheran Orphans' Home, 227 Malone Avenue, Peoria
(1902; Lutheran Children's Friend Society; Dependent and neglected children; 60M+F) - Home for the Friendless, Knoxville Avenue, Peoria
(1875; Woman's Christian Home Mission; Orphan and deserted children; 48M/18F) - Woodland Home for Orphans and Friendless, 2707 Maine Street, Quincy
(1850; Private corporation; Orphan children under 12; 37M+F) - St Aloysius' Orphans' Home, Twentieth and Vine Streets, Quincy
(1853; Private corporation; Orphan children; 12M/15F) - Bethany Home, Thirty-sixth Street and Fifth Avenue, Rock Island
(1899; Bethany Protective Association; Dependent and neglected children; 27M/14F) - Boys' Club Association of Rockford, 204 South Madison Street, Rockford
(1907; Private corporation; Street boys; 387M) - Children's Home of Rockford, 306 Sixth Street, Rockford
(1906; Private corporation; Dependent children; 11M/7F) - Springfield Home for the Friendless, 1300 South Seventh Street, Springfield
(1863; Private corporation; Orphan, dependent, and delinquent children; 56M/20F) - Orphanage of the Holy Child, 220 East Adams Street, Springfield
(1881; Protestant Episcopal Church; Orphan girls; 18F) - Cunningham Children's Home, Cunningham Avenue, Urbana
(1895; Woman's Home Missionary Society, M. E. Church; Orphan girls, and boys under 8; 20M/30F) - Receiving Home, Whitehall
(1902; Whitehall Orphans' Home Society; Homeless and dependent children; 4M/5F) - Chicago Industrial Home for Children, Woodstock
(1889; Free Methodist Church; Orphan, dependent, and homeless children; 14M/9F)
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