Children's Homes and Institutions in Kentucky, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- St Thomas' Orphan Asylum, Bardstown
(1858; Sisters of Charity of Nazareth; Orphan and destitute children) - Highland Orphans' Home, Clay City
(1908; Presbyterian Church in U.S.; Orphan children; 12M/12F) - St Joseph's Orphanage, Cold Spring
(1877; St Boniface's Society; Roman Catholic children from 2 to 17; 65M/40F) - Covington Protestant Children's Home, 1407 Madison Avenue, Covington
(1882; Private corporation; Destitute children; 21M/15F) - St John's German Orphan Asylum, Horsebranch Road, R.D., Covington
(1850; St John's Orphan Society; German orphan children; 36M/29F) - Mary K. Williams Home for Orphan Girls, Washington Street, Frankfort
(1898; Ascension Protestant Episcopal Church; Orphan girls; 3F) - Lexington Orphan Asylum, Fifth and Upper Streets, Lexington
(1833; Private corporation; Orphan children; 8M/15F) - Children's Home, Lexington
(1889; Private corporation; Illegitimate, abandoned, and neglected children; 30M/14F) - Louisville Baptist Orphans' Home, 1022 South First Street, Louisville
(1869; Baptist churches of Kentucky; Baptist orphan children; 22M/36F) - Home of the Innocents, 106 West Broadway, Louisville
(1875; Protestant Episcopal Church; Homeless and indigent children; 18M/19F) - Receiving Home, 1086 Baxter Avenue, Louisville
(1895; Kentucky Children's Home Society; Dependent, neglected, and homeless children; 42M/42F) - Presbyterian Orphans' Home, 1118 South Preston Street, Louisville
(1855; Presbyterian Orphans' Home Society; Dependent children; 7M/20F) - German Protestant Orphans' Home, 1232 Bardstown Road, Louisville
(1851; Private corporation; Orphan and destitute children; 31M/39F) - Orphanage of the Good Shepherd, 1418 Morton Avenue, Louisville
(1869; Protestant Episcopal Church; Indigent boys over 6; 30M) - Protestant Episcopal Orphan Asylum, 211 East College Street, Louisville
(1836; Protestant Episcopal Church; Orphan girls; 34F) - St Vincent's Orphan Asylum, 2120 Payne Street, Louisville
(1832; Sisters of Charity; Orphan and dependent girls; 51F) - Orphans' Home, 225 East College Street, Louisville
(1872; Christian Church (Disciples); Orphan children from 2 to 12; 13M/21F) - Children's Home, 2630 Montgomery Street, Louisville
(By 1910; Church of Christ) - Kentucky Home for Colored Children, 807 Sixth Street, Louisville
(1908; Kentucky Home Society for Colored Children; Destitute and neglected children; 1M) - Methodist Orphans' Home, 812 South Fifth Street, Louisville
(1871; Methodist Episcopal Church South; Orphan children from 2½ to 13; 20M/19F) - German Baptist Orphans' Home, 923 Cherokee Road, Louisville
(1871; Southern German Baptist Churches; Orphan and destitute children; 7M/5F) - Colored Orphans' Home, Eighteenth and Dumisnil Streets, Louisville
(1878; Orphans' Home Society; Orphan children) - St Joseph's Orphans' Home, Frankfort and Bayley Avenues, Louisville
(1849; Private corporation; Catholic orphan and destitute children; 69M/60F) - Campbell County Protestant Orphans' Home, Home Avenue, Newport
(1884; Private corporation; Orphan children from 3 to 18; 18M/7F) - Cleveland Orphan Institution, Versailles
(1875; Private corporation; Orphan girls)
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