Children's Homes and Institutions in Texas, USA
(With foundation date, operator, number of Male/Female places, age for admission, and type of children received, where known.)
- Children's Home, 1206 East Eleventh Street, Austin
(1902; Helping Hand Society; Working women's children; 11M/13F) - State Orphans' Home, Corsicana
(1889; State of Texas; Indigent and destitute children; 139M/169F) - St Matthew's Home for Children, Grand Avenue, Dallas
(1900; Private corporation; Orphan children from 3 to 9; 40M+F) - St Joseph's Orphanage, Oak Cliff P.O., Dallas
(1907; Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word; Orphan children; 38M/31F) - Buckner Orphans' Home, R. 3, Dallas
(1879; Private corporation; Destitute orphan and other needy children) - Fort Worth Benevolent Home, Fort Worth
(1885; County of Tarrant; Dependent and indigent children; 17M/7F) - Home for Homeless Children, 1019 Avenue K, Galveston
(1894; Society for the Help of Homeless Children; Homeless children; 31M+F) - Galveston Orphans' Home, Center Street and Avenue M, Galveston
(1880; Private corporation; Orphan children) - St Mary's Orphanage, Forty-first Street and Avenue R, Galveston
(1869; Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word; Orphan children over 2; 33M/13F) - Juliette Fowler Christian Home, Grand Prairie
(1904; National Benevolent Association of Christian Church; Orphan children from 3 to 12; 29M/38F) - De Pelchin Faith Home, 1918 Chenevert Street, Houston
(1892; Private corporation; Orphan children; 68M+F) - Infants' Home, 1920 Oak Street, Houston
(1896; Private corporation; Illegitimate Infants; 4M/3F) - Bayland Orphans' Home, Houston
(1866; Private corporation; Indigent orphan children from 6 to 18; 9M/12F) - Presbyterian Home for Orphans, Itasca
(1905; Presbyterian Church in the United States; Destitute orphan children; 36M/43F) - Bell Haven Orphans' Home, Luling
(1899; Church of Christ; Orphan children; 12M/43F) - Peniel Orphans' Home, Peniel
(1901; Holiness churches; Orphan and abandoned children; 11M/15F) - Protestant Home for Destitute Children, Kentucky Avenue, San Antonio
(1880; Private corporation; Orphan, destitute, and neglected children; 25M/30F) - St Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Military Plaza, San Antonio
(1870; Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word; Orphan girls; 109F) - St John's Orphanage, West Houston Street, San Antonio
(1890; Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word; Orphan boys under 14; 105M) - Methodist Orphanage, 901 Herring Avenue, Waco
(1894; Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Destitute orphan children from 2 to 13; 66M/64F)
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