Children's Homes and Institutions in Minnesota, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Children's Home, Fifteenth Avenue east and Fifth Street, Duluth
(1883; Private corporation; Orphan and needy children; 54M/36F) - St James's Orphan Home, Woodland Street, Duluth
(1900; Sisters of St Benedict; Catholic orphan children; 134M/120F) - Lake Park Orphans' Home, Lake Park
(1895; United Norwegian Lutheran Church; Orphan and dependent children; 58M/35F) - St Otto's Orphanage, Second Street, Little Falls
(1895; Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; Orphan and homeless children; 52M/41F) - Sacred Heart Home, 827 South Baker Avenue, Mankato
(1879; Calced Carmelite Nuns; Destitute orphan children; 12M/4F) - Catholic Orphan Asylum, Chicago Avenue and Forty-sixth Street, Minneapolis
(1878; Sisters of St Joseph; Orphan and dependent boys; 113M) - Sheltering Arms, Forty-fourth Street and Riverside Boulevard, Minneapolis
(1880; Private corporation (Episcopal); Orphan and destitute children; 36M/31F) - Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum, Nicollet Avenue and Fiftieth Street, Minneapolis
(1883; Private corporation; Orphan children; 54M/39F) - Glen Lake Farm School for Boys, Hopkins P.O., Minnetonka
(1907; County of Hennepin; Delinquent boys; 24M) - State Public School, State Avenue, Owatonna
(1885; State of Minnesota; Dependent and neglected children; 167M/65F) - Protestant Orphan Asylum, 670 Marshall Avenue, St Paul
(1865; Private corporation; Orphan children; 28M/20F) - Catholic Orphan Asylum, 933 Carroll Street, St Paul
(1860; Sisters of St Joseph; Orphan and abandoned girls; 117F) - St Joseph's German Catholic Orphan Asylum, Randolph Street, St Paul
(1877; Private corporation; Orphan children; 61M/60F) - Wild Rice Orphanage, Twin Valley
(1898; Norwegian Lutheran Synod; Dependent, indigent, and neglected children; 45M/35F) - Vasa Orphans' Home, Vasa
(1965; Swedish Lutheran (Augustana Synod); Orphan children; 43M/22F) - St Joseph's Orphanage, Wabasha
(1908; Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother; Orphan and neglected children; 33M/30F)
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