First Orphanage Site
This file appears in: Founding the Orphanage and Moving to Meigs Avenue
The original orphanage stood on the site of this apartment complex from the institution's founding in 1876 until the completion of the Meigs Avenue facility around 1880. Now known as Riverside Drive, the street bore the name Front Street when the orphanage stood at this location. By June 1, 1880, when the first U.S. Census of the orphans' home took place, the original building was no longer in use.
This file appears in: Founding the Orphanage and Moving to Meigs Avenue
Founding the Orphanage and Moving to Meigs Avenue
The original Jeffersonville Orphan’s Home stood near the Ohio River. An apartment building now stands on the area once occupied by the home. Lewis C. Baird's History of Clark County records that the Jeffersonville Orphan Home was founded in 1876,…