Pittsburgh and Allegheny Home for the Friendless

Dates:

Established - May 1, 1861

Closed - 1969

Locations:

1st site - Federal Street

2nd site - Washington Street (1864)

3rd site - 423 Pressley Street (1886)

4th site - Large (Allegheny County) (1953)

5th site - 530 Marshall Avenue

Also Known As:

Anna Laughlin Home for Girls - Summer Home (Ebensburg, Cambria County)

Vandergrift Home for Boys - Summer Home (Alpsville, South Versailles, Allegheny County

Pressley House - the name changed sometime between 1947-1950

Pressley Ridge School

Founder:

Rev. William Howard - Second Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh)

Sponsoring Agency:

Notes:

Accepted soldiers' orphans.

Pressley House merged with the Protestant Home for Children on June 1, 1969

Location of Records:

The Pressley Ridge Schools, % Bruce R. Belohlavek, Records Coordinator, 530 Marshall Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214 ; 412-442-2899

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)

Pittsburgh Photographic Library (Social Settlements - 1)

1895 Greater Pittsburg Handbook

1933 Directory of Social Agencies

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1950 Directory of Community Services

1968 Directory of Health and Welfare Services

Annual Reports (1870, 1881, 1883, 1890, 1903) for the Pittsburgh and Allegheny Home for the Friendless

Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan School...With Names of Pupils Subjoined (1876), p. 376