Children's Homes and Institutions in Pennsylvania, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Children's Home, Children's Aid Society of Franklin County, Chambersburg
(1884; Children's Aid Society of Franklin County; Homeless, indigent, and neglected children; 6M/4F) - Industrial Home for Jewish Girls, Jenkintown Road and Chelten Avenue, Cheltenham
(1904; Council of Jewish Women; Dependent girls; 17F) - Soldiers' Orphan School, Chester Springs
(1864; State of Pennsylvania; Soldiers' orphan children; 193M/131F) - Holy Providence House, Maud P.O., Cornwells
(1891; Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament; Indigent and neglected children; 47M/104F) - Easton Home for Friendless Children, 1440 Washington Street, Easton
(1885; Private corporation; Orphan children from 2 to 10; 15M/14F) - St John Orphan Asylum, Eddington
(1885; Christian Brothers; Orphan boys; 232M) - Orphan Asylum of the Holy Family, Emsworth
(1900; Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth.; Orphan children over 18 months old; 117M/103F) - St Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Third Street, Erie
(1865; Sisters of St Joseph; Destitute and indigent children; 131M/142F) - St Paul's Orphans' Home, Greenville
(1867; Reformed Church in the United States; Normal orphan children; 48M/38F) - George Junior Republic, R.D., Grove City
(1909; George Junior Republic Association of Western Pennsylvania.; Delinquent and wayward children; 26M/5F) - Messiah Orphanage, 1185 Bailey Street, Harrisburg
(1900; Brethren in Christ; Orphan and destitute children; 1M/47F) - Sylvan Heights Home for Orphan Girls, Derry Street, Harrisburg
(1902; Sisters of Mercy; Orphan and indigent girls; 82F) - Children's Industrial Home, Nineteenth and Swatara Streets, Harrisburg
(1876; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless children; 48M/27F) - Church Home and Orphanage, Jonestown
(1878; Private corporation (Episcopal).; Orphan and homeless children; 14M/17F) - Children's Home, South Ann and Chester Streets, Lancaster
(1860; Private corporation; Orphan and neglected children from 3 to 12; 52M/23F) - Foulke and Long Institute for Orphan Girls, Eden P.O., Langhorne
(1886; Private corporation; Orphan girls; 40F) - Tressler Orphans' Home, Loysville
(1868; General Synod of the Lutheran Church; Destitute orphan children; 120M/85F) - St John's Lutheran Orphanage, Mars
(1893; Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States; Orphan and deserted children; 17M/11F) - Lutheran Concordia Home, Marwood
(1883; Synodical Conference; Orphan and destitute children; 50M/46F) - Seyhert Institution, 419 South Fifteenth St., Philadelphia (office), Meadowbrook
(1883; Private organization; Dependent children; 68M/19F) - Odd Fellows' Home, 408 North Main Street, Meadville
(1872; Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania.; Odd Fellows' orphan children from 3 to 12; 33M/42F) - Emaus Orphan House, Middletwoen
(1806; Private corporation; Orphan children from 6 to 12; 16M/16F) - Seraphic Home, New Derry
(1910; Seraphic Work of Charity; Indigent and destitute boys; 24M) - Elmwood Home, North Springfield
(1909; Private corporation; Incorrigible boys under 16; 18M) - Boys' Industrial Home, Oakdale
(1900; Private corporation; Homeless and neglected boys from 8 to 16; 144M) - Howard Institution, 1612 Poplar Street, Philadelphia
(1853; Association of Women Friends; Homeless girls from 10 to 18; 34F) - Catholic Home for Destitute Children, 1720 Race Street, Philadelphia
(1863; Sisters of St Joseph; Orphan and destitute girls; 194F) - St John's Orphanage, 1722 Rittenhouse Street, Philadelphia
(1882; Trustees of J. Edgar Thomson Endowment; Railway employees' orphan girls; 18F) - Lincoln Institution and Educational Home, 324 South Eleventh Street, Philadelphia
(1866; Protestant Episcopal Church; Orphan boys from 5 to 9; 30M) - Friends' Home for Children, 4011 Aspen Street, Philadelphia
(1881; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless children; 17M/9F) - Young Women's Union, Nursery and Home, 422 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia
(1885; Federation of Jewish Charities; Orphan and working mothers' children; 56M+F) - Home of the Merciful Savior for Crippled Children, 4400 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia
(1881; Private corporation; Homeless crippled children) - Philadelphia Home for Infants, 4618 Westminster Avenue, Philadelphia
(1873; Private corporation; Orphan children under 4, and boarders; 32M/22F) - House of St Michael and All Angels, 613 North Forty-third Street, Philadelphia
(1886; Private organization; Crippled children; 5M/23F) - House of the Holy Child, 625 North Forty-third Street, Philadelphia
(1896; Private corporation; Homeless children; 7M/25F) - Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum, 700 Church Lane (Germantown), Philadelphia
(1855; Federation of Jewish Cherities; Orphan and neglected Jewish children; 112M/77F) - St Joseph's Orphan Asylum, 700 Spruce Street, Philadelphia
(1798; Sisters of Charity; Orphan girls from 4 to 7; 150F) - St Martin's College, 713 Catherine Street, Philadelphia
(1905; Church of the Evangelists; Destitute boys from 8 to 14; 35M) - St Joseph's House, 727 Pine Street, Philadelphia
(1890; Catholic Diocese of Philadelphia; Homeless and destitute boys; 170M) - St Mary Magdalen de Pazzi's Orphanage, 730 Montrose Street, Philadelphia
(1764; Missionary Sisters of St Francis; Italian orphan girls; 24F) - Haddock Memorial, 806 Pine Street, Philadelphia
(1900; Trustees of Mrs. Daniel Haddock Endowment; Orphan children under 3; 3M/10F) - Hebrew Sheltering Home and Day Nursery, 810 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia
(1902; Private corporation; Destitute and homeless children; 25M/26F) - St Joseph's Female Orphan Asylum and Gonzaga Memorial., 862 Church Lane (Germantown), Philadelphia
(By 1910; Sisters of Charity; Orphan girls) - Church Home for Children, Baltimore Avenue and Fifty-eighth Street, Philadelphia
(1857; Private corporation (Episcopal).; Orphan and destitute girls; 87F) - Southern Home for Destitute Children, Broad and Morris Streets, Philadelphia
(1849; Private corporation; Destitute children; 33M/38F) - Baptist Orphanage, Fifty-eighth Street and Thomas Avenue, Philadelphia
(1879; Private corporation (Baptist); Orphan and homeless children; 57M/50F) - Presbyterian Orphanage, Fifty-eighthSt and Chester Avenue, Philadelphia
(1878; Private corporation (Presbyterian); Orphan children; 45M/80F) - Home for Destitute Colored Children, Fifty-fourth and Berks Streets, Philadelphia
(1856; Private corporation; Destitute children; 36M) - Western Home for Poor Children, Forty-first and Baring Streets, Philadelphia
(1850; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless children; 39M/21F) - Shelter for Colored Orphans, Forty-fourth and Wallace Streets, Philadelphia
(1822; Society of Friends; Orphan and homeless girls from 2 to 7; 53F) - Girard College, Girard and Corinthian Avenues, Philadelphia
(1848; Private organization; Indigent orphan boys from 6 to 10; 1455M) - Widener Memorial Industrial Training School, North Broad Street and Olney Avenue, Philadelphia
(1906; Private individual; Crippled children; 58M/36F) - Burd Orphan Asylum, Sixty-third and Market Streets, Philadelphia
(1863; St Stephen's Church (Episcopal); Orphan girls from 4 to 8; 56F) - St Vincent's Orphan Asylum, Tacony Station, Philadelphia
(1856; School Sisters of Notre Dame; Catholic orphan children; 144M/136F) - Hebrew Orphans' Home, Twelfth and Greene Lane Streets (Logan Station), Philadelphia
(1897; Private corporation; Orphan children from 6 to 10; 94M/33F) - Home for Orphans of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania, Twentieth and Ontario Streets, Philadelphia
(1883; Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania; Odd Fellows' orphan children; 32M/37F) - St Vincent's Home, Twentieth and Race Streets, Philadelphia
(1858; Sisters of Charity; Destitute infants and foundlings; 190M/292F) - Foster Home, Twenty-fourth and Poplar Streets, Philadelphia
(1839; Private corporation; Orphan children; 44M/44F) - Northern Home for Friendless Children, Twenty-third and Brown Streets, Philadelphia
(1853; Private corporation; Orphan, homeless, and neglected children; 100M/68F) - Bethesda Children's Christian Home, Willow-Grove and Stenton Avenues, Philadelphia
(1859; Private corporation; Destitute children) - Methodist Episcopal Orphanage, Philadelphia
(1879; Private corporation (Methodist Episcopal); Destitute orphan children from 4 to 10; 54M/80F) - Industrial Home for Crippled Children, 1426 Hermiston Avenue, Pitsburgh
(1902; Private corporation; Crippled children from 3 to 12; 19M/25F) - Children's Temporary Home, 2044 Centre Avenue, Pitsburgh
(1874; Pittsburgh Association for Improvement of the Poor; Destitute and neglected children; 27M/19F) - Pittsburgh Home for Babies, 2503 Centre Avenue, Pitsburgh
(1904; Private corporation; Orphan and neglected babies under 1; 21M/15F) - Coleman Industrial Home for Colored Boys, 2816 Wylie Avenue, Pitsburgh
(1909; Private corporation; Delinquent and dependent boys, and boarders; 26M) - Day Nursery and Temporary Home for Children, 3035 Perrysville Avenue, Pitsburgh
(1886; Private corporation; Working mothers' children; 33M/10F) - Protestant Home for Boys, 330 North Avenue, North Side, Pitsburgh
(1886; Private corporation; Working boys from 14 to 21; 25M) - Pittsburgh Home for Girls, 3456 Bouquot Street, Pitsburgh
(1901; Private corporation; Delinquent and dependent girls; 39F) - Sunshine Home, 3532 California Avenue, Pitsburgh
(1906; Private corporation; Children of working mothers; 41M+F) - Home for the Friendless, 423 East Park Way, Pitsburgh
(1861; Private corporation; Neglected and deserted children; 56M/58F) - St Michael's German Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, 55 Pius Street, Pitsburgh
(1873; Sisters of St Francis; Orphan and needy children of St Michael's Congregation; 13M/19F) - St Joseph's Protectory for Homeless Boys, 552 Vine Street, Pitsburgh
(1895; Diocese of Pittsburgh (Roman Catholic); Homeless and dependent boys from 12 to 20; 64M) - St Paul's Orphan Asylum, Crafton Station (Idlewood), Pitsburgh
(1840; Sisters of Mercy; Homeless and neglected children; 599M/509F) - Christ Church Home for Babies, Harker Street, West End, Pitsburgh
(1909; Young Woman's Guild of Christ M. E. Church; Indigent and neglected children under 3; 25M+F) - United Presbyterian Orphans' Home, Monterey Street, Pitsburgh
(1878; United Presbyterian Women's Association; Orphan children.; 25M/23F) - German Protestant Orphan Asylum, Pauline Street, Pitsburgh
(1887; Private corporation ( German Evangelical Protestant); Orphan homeless and neglected children; 15M/25F) - Protestant Orphan Asylum, Perrysville Avenue, Pitsburgh
(1833; Private corporation; Protestant orphan children; 88M/87F) - St Peter's Orphans' Home, Robinson Road, Pitsburgh
(1896; St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church; Orphan children; 13M/8F) - Pittsburgh News Boys' Home, Stevenson and Locust Streets, Pitsburgh
(1884; Private corporation; Newsboys, waifs, and homeless boys; 158M) - Home for Colored Children, Termon Avenue, Pitsburgh
(1880; Woman's Christian Association; Orphan and destitute children; 36M/23F) - St Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Troy Hill Road (Ewalt Station), Pitsburgh
(1849; Sisters of Notre Dame; Orphan and destitute children; 144M/136F) - Children's Home of Pottsville, Pottsville
(1872; Pottsville Benevolent Association; Destitute, neglected, and homeless children; 16M/7F) - Quincy United Brethren Orphanage, Quincy
(1903; United Brethren in Christ..; Orphan children; 47M/25F) - Home and Hospital of the Good Shepherd, Garrett Hill P. O., Radnor
(1874; Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal); Convalescent or healthy homeless children; 18M/18F) - Home for Friendless Children, 1016 Centre Avenue, Reading
(1884; Private corporation; Orphan, destitute and neglected children; 41M/30F) - St Catherine's Female Orphan Asylum, 1026 Franklin Street, Reading
(1872; Sisters of Charity; Indigent girls; 80F) - William T. Carter Junior Republic, Redington
(1898; Private organization; Homeless incorrigible boys.; 25M) - Soldiers' Orphans' Industrial School., Scotland
(1905; State of Pennsylvania; Soldiers' destitute orphan children; 224M/152F) - St Patrick's Orphanage, 1425 Jackson Street, Scranton
(1875; Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Orphan and destitute children; 85M/65F) - Children's Home of South Bethlehem, South Bethlehem
(1882; Private corporation; Destitute children from 2 to 14; 22M/18F) - Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home, R. D. 2, Sunbury
(1896; Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania; Odd Fellows' orphan children; 69M/49F) - Lutheran Orphans' Home., Topton
(1897; General Council of the Lutheran Church; Orphan and destitute children; 62M/43F) - St Joseph's Orphanage, R.D. 2 (via Lowellville, Ohio), Villa Maria
(1864; Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary; Orphan girls; 39F) - Philadelphia Orphan Society, Wallingford
(1814; Private corporation; Orphan children from 2 to 9; 36M/50F) - Christ's Home for Children, 983 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia (office), Warminster
(1903; Band of Workers; Homeless and destitute children; 48M/49F) - Children's Home, R. D. 10, Washington Court House
(1883; County of Washington; Indigent, dependent, and neglected children; 44M/32F) - Greene County Children's Home, Waynesburg
(1884; County of Greene; Neglecen.ted and homeless children; 39M+F) - Home for Friendless Children, 335 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre
(1862; Private corporation; Orphan and indigent children; 22M/18F) - Industrial Training Home, Williamsburg
(1901; County of Blair; Homeless and needy children; 18M/11F) - Girls' Training School, 131 East Third Street, Williamsport
(1895; Private corporation; Orphan, homeless, and neglected girls; 28F) - Boys' Industrial Home, 617 East Third Street, Williamsport
(1898; Private corporation; Orphan, wayward, and homeless boys; 40M) - Goldy Home, 819 Meade Street, Williamsport
(1908; Private corporation; Homeless children; 3M/4F) - Bethany Orphans' Home, Womelsdorf
(1863; Reformed Church in the United States; Orphan, friendless, and destitute children; 98M/72F) - Children's Home, East Philadelphia Street, York
(1865; Private corporation; Orphan, homeless, and indigent children under 12; 19M/17F) - Orphans' Home and Farm School, Zelienople
(1854; Institution of Protestant Deaconesses; Destitute orphan children; 55M/50F)
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