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The original institution was founded in 1899 by the Rev. Charles E. McGhee as the West Virginia Normal and Industrial School for Colored Children in Bluefield, West Virginia. [3] McGhee moved the institution to Huntington, West Virginia in March 1900, but was forced to move to Blue Sulphur Springs (near Ona, West Virginia [4]) due to lack of ...
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West Virginia Children's Home is a national historic district located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It encompasses two contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The original Children's Home building was built in 1909, with a main section and rear ell in the Colonial Revival style. An upper story to the ell was added ...
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West Virginia Colored Children's Home. November 13, 1997 : 3353 U.S. Route 60 Huntington: Demolished on May 5, 2011 to make room for a new middle school. ...
In light of this, in 1931, the orphanage was closed and the facility was transformed into foster care agency overseen by Richmond's branch of the Children's Aid Society. [6] In 1932 the name was changed to the Friends' Association for Colored Children and in 1938, the organization expanded to include adoption services.
Boys Town was founded on December 12, 1917, [1] as an orphanage for boys. Originally known as "The City of Little Men", the organization was begun by Edward J. Flanagan, a Roman Catholic priest, while he worked in the Diocese of Omaha. Using a loan of $90, he first rented a home at 25th and Dodge streets, in Omaha, to care for five boys. [2]
They established St. John's Infirmary (the predecessor of St. Mary's Hospital) and St. Rose's Orphanage for Girls, both on the east side. [2] In 1877 the Sisters opened the initial St. Vincent's Asylum, with three nuns caring for nine infants in a rented house on the corner of South Fifth and West Virginia Streets. [2]