Children's Homes and Institutions in Wisconsin, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Children's Receiving Home, Appleton
(1892; Children's Home Society of Wisconsin; Normal dependent children for homing; 12M/10F) - Farm School for Boys, Dousman
(1903; Private corporation; Dependent and homeless boys; 42M) - Visitation Orphanage, Elm Grove
(1858; School Sisters of Notre Dame; Destitute girls; 21F) - St Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Green Bay
(1877; School Sisters of Notre Dame; Orphan and destitute children; 123M/94F) - St Michael's Orphan Asylum, R. D. 1, La Crosse
(1870; Franciscan Sisters of the Perpetual Adoration; Dependent and neglected children; 90M/85F) - St Vincent's Infant Asylum, 483 Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee
(1877; Sisters of Charity; Foundlings, orphan, and dependent children under 6; 55M/65F) - Detention Home, Eleventh and Galena Streets, Milwaukee
(1905; County of Milwaukee; Delinquent and dependent children pending action of court; 12M/5F) - St Rose's Orphan Asylum, Lake Drive and East North Avenue, Milwaukee
(1848; Sisters of Charity; Orphan and destitute girls; 111F) - Protestant Orphan Asylum, North and Prospect Avenues, Milwaukee
(1850; Private corporation; Orphan, homeless, and neglected children; 55M/35F) - St Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Thirteenth and Euclid Avenues, Milwaukee
(1907; Felician Sisters; Orphan children from 3 to 16; 33M/66F) - St Clara's Asylum, Polonia
(1874; Felician Sisters; Orphan and indigent boys; 34M) - State Public School, Sparta
(1886; State of Wisconsin; Dependent and neglected; 111M/88F) - St Aemilianus Orphan Asylum, St Francis
(1845; Private corporation; Orphan and neglected boys; 148M) - Martin Luther Orphans' Home, Stoughton
(1889; Norwegian Lutheran Synod; Orphan, homeless, neglected, and indigent children; 43M/30F) - Children's Home and Refuge, 2002 Ohio Avenue, Superior
(1904; Private corporation; Homeless children under 11) - Metropolitan Orphanage, Fountain Spring House, Waukesha
(1903; Metropolitan Church Association; Orphan, neglected, and dependent children) - Bethany Orphans' Home, Berlin Street, Waupaca
(1899; United Danish Lutheran Church; Orphan children from 2 to 10; 14M/11F) - Lutheran Children's Home, Wauwatosa
(1896; Lutheran Home Finding Society of Wisconsin; Dependent, neglected, and abandoned children; 7M/10F) - Home for Dependent Children, Wauwatosa
(1898; County of Milwaukee; Destitute children; 86M/45F)
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