Children's Home Society of
Pennsylvania
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Dates:
- Established - April 13, 1896
- Closed -
- Locations:
- 1st site - Penn Avenue, Wilkinsburg
- 2nd site - 5439 Potter Street, Shadyside
- 3rd site - 135 Penwood Avenue, Edgewood (1912)
- 4th site - 467 South Aiken Avenue, Pittsburgh (1930)
- 5th site - 5618 Kentucky Avenue, Pittsburgh (1969)
- Also Known As:
- The Children's Home of Pittsburgh (1936)
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- Founder:
- Rev. William Henry Thompson of McKeesport
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- Sponsoring Agency:
- Methodist Church
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- Notes:
- Location of Records:
- Children's Home of
Pittsburgh, 5618 Kentucky Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 ; 412-441-4884
- Sources:
- PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)
- 1943 Directory of Social Resources **(r361 D62)**
- 1968 Directory of Health and Welfare Services **(r361 D62)**
- Annual Reports (1906-1913) of the Children's Home Society of
Pennsylvania **(r362.7 C436)**
- The Children's Home of Pittsburgh: A Century of Service and Caring
**(rHV995 .P62 C45 1993x)**