Children's Homes and Institutions in Indiana, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Madison County Orphans' Home, 2515 Columbus Avenue, Anderson
(1882; Private corporation; Dependent and neglected children; 24M/16F) - Wells County Orphans' Home, Bluffton
(1898; County of Wells; Orphan and foundling children; 17M/9F) - Warrick County Orphans' Home, Boonville
(1896; County of Warrick; Orphan children; 4M) - Pentecost Orphanage, Bridgeport
(1903; Pentecost Band of the World; Foundling and orphan children; 9M/8F) - Franklin County Children's Home, R.D. 7, Brookville
(1888; County of Franklin; Dependent children; 2M/6F) - Frances Comfort Thomas Home, 127 Cherry Street, Columbus
(1892; County of Bartholomew; Orphan and destitute children; 15M/16F) - Montgomery County Orphans' Home, Crawfordsville
(1884; County of Montgomery; Orphan and dependent children under 16; 24M+F) - Receiving Home, 507 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville
(1900; Board of Children's Guardians; Neglected and dependent children; 18M/13F) - Evansville Orphan Asylum, West Indiana Street, Evansville
(1866; Private corporation; Orphan and dependent children; 19M/13F) - Allen County Orphan's Home, Bluffton Road, Fort Wayne
(1895; County of Allen; Abandoned and neglected children; 45M/18F) - St Vincent's Orphan Asylum, Wells Street and Archer Avenue, Fort Wayne
(1886; Sisters, Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ; Orphan and dependent girls from 2 to 14; 106F) - Fort Wayne Orphan Home, Fort Wayne
(1884; Reformed Church in U. S.; Orphan children; 43M/42F) - Johnson County Orphan Asylum, Franklin
(1884; County of Johnson; Orphan, dependent, neglected, and abandoned children; 6M/6F) - Greencastle Orphans' Home, Greencastle
(1895; Private corporation; Orphan children; 4M/8F) - Hadley Home, Hadley
(By 1910; Children's Home Society of Indiana; Orphan and neglected children) - German General Protestant Orphans' Home, 1404 State Avenue, Indianapolis
(1867; Private corporation; Orphan and delinquent children; 27M/26F) - Colored Orphans' Home, 319 West Twenty-first Street, Indianapolis
(1869; Friends Church; Dependent and delinquent children; 44M/24F) - German Lutheran Orphans' Home, 3310 Washington Street, Indianapolis
(1883; Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States; German Lutheran orphan and destitute children; 23M/25F) - Indianapolis Orphans' Asylum, 4107 East Washington Street, Indianapolis
(1850; Private corporation; Orphan and dependent children; 106M/37F) - Guardians' Home, 5751 University Avenue, Indianapolis
(1889; Board of Children's Guardians; Deserted and neglected children; 38M/21F) - St Joseph's Training School, 725 South Alabama Street, Indianapolis
(1890; Sisters of Providence; Orphan girls over 12; 24F) - Jeffersonville Orphans' Home, 832 Meigs Avenue, Jeffersonville
(1876; Private organization; Destitute children, and boarders; 20M/4F) - Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, Knightstown
(1887; State of Indiana; Soldiers' and Sailors' dependent children and grandchildren; 206M/155F) - Clay County Orphans' Home, Brazil, R.D. 8, Knightsville
(1897; County of Clay; Neglected children; 11M/15F) - Tippecanoe County Children's Home, Tenth Street, Lafayette
(1887; Private corporation; Orphan and homeless children; 39M+F) - St Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Lafayette
(1869; Sisters of St Francis; Orphan, defective, delinquent, and homeless boys; 100M) - Rogers Orphans' Home, Lagrange
(1871; County of Lagrange; Dependent children under 14; 22M/10F) - Cass County Orphans' Home, Pleasant Hill, Logansport
(1875; County of Cass; Orphan and abandoned children; 6M/8F) - Jefferson County Children's Home, 707 East Main Street, Madison
(1883; County of Jefferson; Neglected and orphan children; 11M/7F) - Grant County Orphans' Home, Marion
(1887; Private corporation; Dependent and homeless children; 42M/53F) - Delaware County Children's Home, Yorktown Pike, Muncie
(1883; Private corporation; Dependent and neglected children; 30M/15F) - Cornelia Memorial Orphans' Home, Ekin Avenue, New Albany
(1873; Private corporation; Orphan and friendless children; 12M/3F) - Collett Home for Orphans, Newport
(1893; Private corporation; County orphan children; 4M/7F) - French Orphans' Home, Patoka
(1882; County of Gibson; Abandoned children; 9M/5F) - Thornton Orphans' Home, Petersburg
(1892; County of Pike; Dependent children; 25M/5F) - Julia E. Work Training School, Plymouth
(1899; Private organization; Dependent and delinquent children; 206M/94F) - Wernle Orphans' Home, Richmond
(1878; Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States,; Lutheran orphan children from 2 to 12; 42M/33F) - Veatch Orphans' Home, Rockport
(1899; County of Spencer; Orphan, neglected, and abandoned children; 10M/14F) - Gordon Children's Home, R.D. 12, Shelbyville
(1891; County of Shelby; Dependent and neglected children; 13M/12F) - Henry and Rush County Orphans' Home, Spiceland
(By 1910; Counties of Henry and Rush; Orphan, neglected, or dependent children; 25M/7F) - Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, R.D. 5, Terre Haute
(1903; Board of Children's Guardians; Orphan and dependent children; 66M/33F) - St Ann's Orphanage, Thirteenth Street and Fifth Avenue, Terre Haute
(1848; Sisters of Providence; Dependent Catholic girls from 3 to 12; 76F) - Rose Orphan Home, Twenty-fifth Street and Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute
(1884; Private corporation; Dependent orphans between 3 and 13; 55M/31F) - Knox County Orphans' Home, 1620 Fairground Avenue, Vincennes
(1892; County of Knox; Orphan and dependent children; 28M/18F) - St Vincent's Orphan Asylum, R.D. 4, Vincennes
(1851; Sisters of Providence; Dependent boys from 3 to 12; 91M) - White's Indiana Manual Labor Institute, Wabash
(1852; Society of Friend; Dependent and wayward children; 104M/42F) - James Moorman Orphans' Home, Winchester
(1889; Private corporation; Orphan and indigent children)
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