United Presbyterian Orphans' Home

Dates:

Established - 1878

Closed - 1956-1960 ?

Locations:

1st site - 93 Webster Street (Allegheny City)

2nd site - Taggart Street

3rd site - Sherman Avenue

4th site - West Jefferson and Monterey Streets (1880)

5th site - Valencia/Mars (Butler County) (1929)

Also Known As:

United Presbyterian Home for Destitute Children

United Presbyterian Home for Children

Mars Home for Youth

Founder:

Dr. James M. Fulton - Fourth United Presbyterian Church of Allegheny

Sponsoring Agency:

United Presbyterian Women's Association of North America

Notes:

Location of Records:

Mars Home for Youth, 521 Route 228, P.O. Box 867, Mars, PA 16046 ; 412-625-3141

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)

Pittsburgh Photographic Library (Social Services - 2)

1895 Greater Pittsburg Handbook

1937 Directory of Social Agencies

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1956 Directory of Health and Welfare Services

History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (1889), pp. 60-61