Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
St. Joseph's Orphanage is an historic former orphanage and school located at 56 St. Joseph Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The orphanage was built in 1892 as part of the parish of Notre Dame de Lourdes, a large French-Canadian congregation located in the city's Flint Village neighborhood. [2] Two large wings were added about 1917.
St Joseph's Orphanage (sometimes known as Mount Street Hospital and other names) is a Grade II listed former orphanage and hospital complex in Preston, Lancashire, England. [1] [2] The complex is located on Theatre Street and Mount Street. [3] The orphanage was constructed and opened in 1872 and a hospital extension was opened in 1877. [4]
February 16, 1983 (Anawan St. Fall River: 5: David M. Anthony House: David M. Anthony House: February 16, 1983 (368 N. Main St. Fall River: 6: Ashley House: Ashley House
The largest structure is the Old St. Joseph Orphanage and School, which stands three stories tall, and is built of rubble with a dormered gable roof. [2] Nearby is a cemetery holding the graves of missionaries Father Gerhard Terhorst , Monsignor Melchior Faust , Father John Henn , and Father Anthony Vermare .
The Cavan Orphanage fire occurred on the night of 23 February 1943 at St Joseph's Orphanage in Cavan, Ireland. 35 children and 1 adult employee died as a result. [1] Much of the attention after the fire surrounded the role of the Poor Clares, the order of nuns who ran the orphanage, and the local fire service. [2] The site of the orphanage in 2007
St. Joseph's opened in 1854 in a former tavern. Staffed by the Sisters of Providence from Montreal, it initially housed fifty-eight orphans. St. Joseph's closed in 1974. In the 1990s, the Diocese of Burlington was sued by former residents of St. Joseph's Orphanage, claiming abuse by the staff.
In 1898, the orphanage moved to Lisle, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago, to be joined by St. Procopius three years later. In 1926, Benedictine nuns constructed the all-girls Sacred Heart Academy near the orphanage and school in Lisle. The orphanage closed in 1956 to make room for St. Procopius Academy, which separated from the college in ...
In 1975, the orphanage began taking in girls from the St. Joseph's Orphanage due to declining numbers of boys, and, in 1976, amalgamated with the orphanage; this formed the St. John's Home, which would close in 1987. [24] [25] After 66 years in operation, the building closed in 1978. The remaining orphans were put into group homes. [26]