Children's Homes and Institutions in Connecticut, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Bridgeport Protestant Orphan Asylum, Ellsworth Street and Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport
(1869; Private corporation; Orphan and destitute children; 30M/23F) - Swedish Christian Orphanage, Cromwell
(1900; Eastern Swedish Mission Association; Waifs, orphan and dependent children; 49M/18F) - Children's Home, 57 Toron Hill Avenue, Danbury
(1875; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless children from 4 to 14; 12M+F) - Hartford County Temporary Home, Gardner Street, East Windsor
(1883; County of Hartford; Dependent and neglected children; 65M/39F) - Middlesex County Temporary Home, Main, Haddam
(1883; County of Middlesex; Dependent and neglected children; 44M/13F) - Watkinson Juvenile Asylum, 1100 Albany Avenue (P.O. Box 335), Hartford
(1862; Private corporation; Homeless boys over 12; 31M) - Hartford Orphan Asylum, 171 Putnam Street, Hartford
(1829; Private corporation; Indigent and dependent children; 73M/47F) - St James' Orphan Asylum, 91 Church Street, Hartford
(1852; Sisters of Mercy; Orphan, destitute, and neglected children) - Connecticut George Junior Republic, Litchfield
(1904; Connecticut George Junior Republic Association; Wayward boys; 28M) - Mount Carmel Children's Home, Mount Carmel
(1896; Private corporation; Homeless children from 3 to 12; 15M/12F) - Polish Orphanage, Gold Street, New Britain
(1904; Bernardine Sisters of St Francis of Assisi; Orphan and homeless children; 18M/6F) - The Children's Home, Rockliffe Heights, New Britain
(1903; Private corporation; Destitute children; 52M/27F) - New Haven Orphan Asylum, 610 Elm Street, New Haven
(1833; Private corporation; Orphan, neglected, and destitute children; 69M/57F) - St Francis Orphan Asylum, Whitney Avenue and Highland Street, New Haven
(1852; Sisters of Mercy; Orphan, homeless, and destitute children; 232M/133F) - Virginia T. Smith Home for Crippled and incurable Children, Cedar Street, Newington
(1898; Connecticut Children's Aid Society; Mentally bright but crippled and ailing children; 49M/59F) - Fairfield County Temporary Home, Westport Avenue, Norwalk
(1884; County of Fairfield; Dependent and neglected children) - New London County Temporary Home, Smith Avenue, Norwich
(1884; County of New London; Dependent and neglected children; 54M/37F) - Rock Nook Children's Home, Norwich
(1879; United Workers; Temporarily homeless children; 13M/8F) - New Haven County Temporary Home, Campbell Avenue (West Haven P.O.), Orange
(1884; County of New Haven; Dependent and neglected children; 151M/98F) - Windham County Temporary Home, Box 58, Putnam
(1883; County of Windham; Neglected children; 39M/29F) - Children's Home, 938 East Main Street, Stamford
(1895; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless boys; 18M) - Tolland County Temporary Home, Rockville, R.D. 1, Vernon
(1883; County of Tolland; Dependent and neglected children; 33M/17F) - William L. Gilbert Home, Williams Avenue, Winstead
(1889; Private corporation; Homeless children; 145M/107F)
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