Children's Homes and Institutions in Kansas, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- State Orphans' Home, Atchison
(1887; State of Kansas; Dependent children; 145M/53F) - Children's Home, 1215 South Central Avenue, Chanute
(1906; Chanute Benevolent Society; Orphan children; 4M/2F) - Lutheran Orphans' Home, Cleburne
(1880; Augustana Synod; Destitute orphan children; 18M/14F) - Goodlander Home, 105 Blair Avenue, Fort Scott
(1891; Private corporation; Destitute children; 10M/7F) - Holiness Industrial Children's Home, Franklin Street, Fort Scott
(1903; Church of God; Orphan, destitute, and deserted children; 11M/6F) - Industrial School and Hygiene Home for the Friendless, Hillsboro
(1889; Crimean Mennonite Brethren; Orphan, homeless, and destitute children; 5M/4F) - Children's Home, 606 South Fourth Street, Iola
(1903; Private corporation; Orphan, dependent, and neglected children) - Orphan Children's Home, 852 Washington Boulevard, Kansas City
(1901; Private corporation; Orphan and destitute children; 25M/35F) - Children's Home, Eighth Street and State Avenue, Kansas City
(1900; Private corporation; Orphan, abandoned, and neglected children; 13M/14F) - St Vincent's Orphan Asylum, Limit Street, Leavenworth
(1866; Sisters of Charity; Orphan children; 51M/48F) - Colored Orphan Asylum, R.D. 6, Leavenworth
(1889; Oblate Sisters of Providence; Homeless and destitute children; 65M/27F) - Topeka Orphans' Home, 234 Fillmore Street, Topeka
(1888; Private corporation; Orphan children under 12; 60M/68F) - St Joseph's Orphanage, 1400 South Hillside Avenue, Wichita
(1894; Sisters of St Joseph; Orphan, abandoned, and destitute girls; 25F) - Helen Gould Orphan Children's Home, 1447 River Street, Wichita
(1899; Private organization; Orphan children; 5M+F) - Wichita Children's Home, 3855 East First Street, Wichita
(1888; Private corporation; Orphan, abandoned, and neglected children; 27M/18F) - Lutheran Home for Friendless Children, 411 Park Avenue, Winfield
(1902; Private corporation (Lutheran); Orphan, homeless, and abandoned children; 9M/6F)
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