Pittsburgh Home for Babies

Dates:

Established - February, 1904

Closed - 1962

Locations:

1st site - 2503 Center Avenue

2nd site - 315 West Prospect Avenue (Ingram)

3rd site - Library Road (Bethal Stop - Charleroi car line - for older children - 1917)

Also Known As:

Pittsburg Home for Babies

Founder:

Mrs. Mary H. Pickering Steele

Mrs. Henry Finkelpearl

Sponsoring Agency:

Notes:

Location of Records:

Unknown

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)

Pittsburgh Photographic Library (Social Services - 21)

1933 Directory of Social Agencies

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1956 Directory of Health and Welfare Services