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Under the initial guidance of the Archdiocese of Chicago, a struggling orphanage became a boys home under the name of the Mission of our Lady of Mercy. Mercy Home began accepting girls in 1987. Three years later, it was renamed Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
The State of Illinois selected Normal as the site of the home in May 1867 and set up three temporary facilities in Bloomington and Springfield to serve the children during construction. The Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home (ISOH) opened its doors on June 17, 1869 with 180 children in residence and one main building. Mrs.
Originally known as St. Mary's Training School for Boys, the facility was the vision of Chicago archbishop Patrick A. Feehan and served as an orphanage for many decades. . Following a rebuild after a massive fire in 1899, St. Mary's new director, Reverend James Doran, opened the facility to girls in an effort to reunite orphaned brothers and s
Mooseheart, located in Kane County, Illinois, is an unincorporated community and a home for children administered by the Loyal Order of Moose.Also known as The Child City, the community is featured as a 1949 episode of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's short film series Passing Parade, which was written and narrated by John Nesbitt. [1]
The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School opened in 1869 as a home for the orphaned children of soldiers who had died in war. The Children's Village was built in 1930-31 as housing for children aged 3–8, as the school aimed to divide its housing by age. C.
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) is the social service arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)'s three Illinois synods. [1] It is headquartered in Des Plaines IL. [2] [3] [4] LSSI started in 1867 [1] as an orphanage for children who lost their parents in the cholera epidemic. [5] [6]
The Larkin Home for Children is a former orphanage at 1212 Larkin Avenue in Elgin, Illinois.The Larkin Home originated from the Elgin Children's Home Society, which was founded in 1898; it operated from a donated building until 1912, when it built its own orphanage due to space concerns.
Orphanages in the United States by state or territory (9 C) Pages in category "Orphanages in the United States" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.