Children's Homes and Institutions in Georgia, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Leonard Street Orphans' Home, 39 Leonard Street, Atlanta
(1890; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless girls; 63F) - Hebrew Orphans' Home, 478 Washington Street, Atlanta
(1889; Independent Order of B'na B'rith; Orphan children; 51M/43F) - Carrie Steele Orphanage, 901 East Fair Street, Atlanta
(1890; Private corporation; Foundlings and crippled, delinquent, and homeless children; 49M/65F) - South-eastern Orphanage, Atlanta
(1904; National Benevolent Association of Christian Church; Orphan and homeless children; 17M/13F) - Shiloh Industrial Orphanage, Carnes Road (Harrisonville), Augusta
(1899; Private corporation; Orphan children; 29M/30F) - Augusta Orphan Asylum, Railroad Avenue and Harper Street, Augusta
(1852; Private corporation; Orphan children; 40M/49F) - Girls' Orphan Home, Fourth Avenue and Fifteenth Street, Columbus
(1840; Ladies' Benevolent Society; Orphan and destitute girls) - Reed Home and Industrial School, Covington
(1884; Private corporation; Destitute children; 21M/17F) - North Georgia Conference Orphans' Home, Decatur
(1869; Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Destitute children) - Georgia Baptist Orphans' Home, Hapeville
(1888; Private corporation (Baptist); Orphan and destitute children; 206M+F) - Appleton Church Home, 649 College Street, Macon
(1870; Protestant Episcopal Church; Orphan girls from 2½ to 10; 39F) - South Georgia Conference Orphan's Home, Macon
(1872; Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Indigent orphan children; 70M/65F) - Georgia Colored Industrial and Orphans' Home, Macon
(1899; Private corporation; Orphan and indigent children from 4 to 14; 69M/46F) - Hephzibah Orphanage, Macon
(1900; Private corporation; Needy children; 22M/38F) - Bethlehem Home, Route 1, Meansville
(1908; Private organization; Dependent or friendless children; 14M/11F) - Episcopal Orphans' Home, 309 Liberty Street, West, Savannah
(1854; Protestant Episcopal Church; Orphan and destitute girls; 37F) - Savannah Female Orphan Asylum, 425 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah
(1801; Private corporation; Orphan and destitute girls; 5F) - St Mary's Home, Thirty-second and Hahersham Streets, Savannah
(1876; Sisters of Mercy; Orphan girls under 14; 72F) - Bethesda Orphans' Home R.D. 1, Savannah
(1740; Union Society; Needy boys; 98M) - Anson Dodge Home, St Simon's Mills
(1894; Private organization (Episcopal); Destitute boys; 17M) - Vashti Industrial School, East Clay Street, Thomasville
(1903; Woman's Home Missionary Society, M. E. Church, South; Homeless girls; 75F) - St Joseph's Orphanage, Washington
(1876; Sisters of St Joseph; Orphan boys; 60F)
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