Orphan's Home
This file appears in: Founding the Orphanage and Moving to Meigs Avenue
The large lot at 832 Meigs allowed for the construction of a more generously-sized second orphanage, shown in this image. Completed around 1880, this structure increased the institution's capacity to around 45 children of both genders. This building continued to serve as an orphans’ home until September 11, 1920 according to that year’s report of the State Board of Charities. According to the US Census, 20 children made their home at the Jeffersonville Orphanage at that time.
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,…