Children's Homes and Institutions in North Carolina, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Eliada Orphanage, R.D. 3, Asheville
(1906; Private corporation; Homeless and neglected children; 10M/13F) - Children's Home, Woolsey, Asheville
(1891; County of Buncombe; Orphan and indigent children) - Mountain Orphanage, Balfour
(1903; Presbyterian Church in the United States; Homeless and destitute children; 26M/28F) - Presbyterian Orphans' Home, Barium Springs
(1888; Presbyterian Church in the United States; Orphan children; 80M/100F) - Sacred Heart Orphanage, Belmont
(1894; Sisters of Mercy; Orphan girls; 25F) - Alexander Home, 303 South McDowell Street, Charlotte
(1895; Presbyterian Church of Charlotte; Needy children; 7M/11F) - Thompson Orphanage, East Avenue, Charlotte
(1887; Private corporation (Episcopal); Orphan, defective, and homeless children; 28M/31F) - St Michael's Training and Industrial School, Mint and West Hill Streets, Charlotte
(1884; Private organization (Episcopal); Neglected children; 38M/42F) - Nazareth Orphans' Home, Crescent
(1906; Reformed Church in the United States; Orphan and destitute children; 10M/12F) - Christian Orphanage, Elon College
(1907; Southern Christian Convention; Orphan and destitute children; 20M/25F) - Elhanan Orphanage, Elhanan P.O., Marion
(1898; Private organization; Foundlings, and orphan and destitute children; 24M/36F) - Catholic Orphanage, Nazareth
(1899; Sisters of Mercy; Orphan boys; 55M) - Oxford Orphan Asylum, Oxford
(1872; Masonic Grand Lodge of North Carolina; Destitute, dependent, and homeless children; 47M/167F) - Colored Orphan Asylum, Oxford
(1882; Private corporation; Orphan children; 86M/115F) - Methodist Orphanage, Raleigh
(1900; Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Homeless and dependent orphan children; 61M/79F) - Thomasville Baptist Orphanage, Thomasville
(1885; Baptist churches; Indigent orphan children; 190M/196F) - Colored Orphan Home, 502 East Fourth Street, Winston-Salem
(1903; Private organization; Normal orphan children; 12M/24F)
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