Orphanages Timeline
| Beginning | Ending | House No. | Street | Name | Order/Owner |
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| 1827 | Broadway, between LaSalle and Hickory Street |
Mullanphy Orphan Asylum | Mesdames of the Sacred Heart | ||
| 1831 | Spruce Street between Third and Fourth |
Boys Orphanage | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1833 | Carondelet | St. Bridget’s Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1834 | 1846 | Third and Walnut | Cathedral Orphanage | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1835 | Seventh Street between Morgan and Franklin |
St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children | St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children | ||
| 1836 | 1863 | North Seventh Street, West side, between Franklin Avenue and Morgan Street |
St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum |
St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children |
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| 1836 | 1840 | Walnut and Third Streets, corner | Orphan Asylum under the care of the Sisters of Charity/Roman Catholic Male and Female Orphan Asylum |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1838 | 1848 | Walnut and Third Streets, corner | Male Orphan Asylum under the superintendence of the Sisters of Charity |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1841 | Biddle and Tenth, NE corner | St. Mary’s Orphanage | Founded by Catholic Orphans’ Association in 1841, run by Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg, in 1846 |
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| 1841 | Fifteenth and Clark Avenue, cor. | Roman Catholic Male Orphans’ Asylum/St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1841 | Fifth and Walnut, near the Old Cathedral |
St. Philomena’s | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1842 | Broadway and Biddle | St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1842 | [1029] | Marion and Menard | St. Ann’s Widows Home, Lying In Hospital, and Foundling Asylum |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1843 | 1848 | Fifth, Sixth, Spruce, & Almond, cramped Alley House |
Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1843 | 1848 | Spruce Street, between 5th & 6th |
The Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1843 | 1852 | Tenth and Biddle Streets | Roman Catholic Female Orphans’ Asylum/St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum of the Sisters of Charity |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1845 | Walnut next to the Cathedral | Boys Orphan Asylum (see St. Joseph Home for Boys) |
Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg | ||
| 1846 | 1849 | Third and Walnut | St. Louis Male Orphan Asylum/St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1848 | 1853 | Franklin Avenue | Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1848 | Seventh, between Park and Barry | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1849 | Clark Avenue and Thirteenth Street |
St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1849 | 1852 | Marion and Decatur | House of the Good Shepherd | Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd |
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| 1849 | 1888 | Ninth and Marion Streets | Convent of the Good Shepherd | Sisters of the Good Shepherd | |
| 1851 | Cass and Twentieth Streets | German Saint Vincent Orphan Asylum |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1851 | 1906 | Gasconade and Osage Streets | House of Refuge | City of St. Louis | |
| 1851 | 1889 | 1421 | Hogan Street | German Saint Vincent Orphan Home | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
| 1851 | 186 | North Seventh Street | St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum |
St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children |
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| 1851 | Tenth and O’Fallon Streets | German Saint Vincent Orphan Asylum |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1851 | 1859 | Twentieth Street, between Cass Avenue and O’Fallon Street |
St. Vincent’s German Male and Female Orphan Asylum |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1852 | 1855 | Almond & Fifth Street, SE corner |
Orphan’s Home, under management of Episcopal Church |
Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1852 | Chestnut and Eighteenth Streets | Roman Catholic House of Good Shepherd |
Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd |
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| 1852 | Seventeenth (West Side) between Pine and Chesnut |
House of the Good Shepherd | Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd |
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| 1852 | Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Chestnut, & Pine |
House of the Good Shepherd | Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd |
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| 1852 | 1859 | Walnut & Fifth, SW corner | St. Philomena’s Orphan Asylum and School |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1853 | 1859 | Eleventh and Marion | St. Ann’s Foundling Home | Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg | |
| 1853 | 1855 | Eleventh and North Market Streets |
Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1853 | 1864 | Morgan Street, SE corner Nineteenth |
Girls’ Industrial Home | Girls’ Industrial Home | |
| 1853 | 4011 | Virginia Avenue | St. Louis House of Refuge | City of St. Louis | |
| 1855 | Morgan and Nineteenth | Industrial School and Temporary Home for Destitute Children |
Privately held, Started by a Presbyterian woman and a Unitarian woman |
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| 1855 | 1873 | Natural Bridge Plank Road, due west of Sturgeon Market, opposite Jackson Circle |
Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1856 | Tenth Street and Morgan Avenue | St. Catherine’s Orphanage and Industrial School for Girls, and the House of Mercy |
Sisters of Mercy | ||
| 1857 | 101 | Biddle Street | St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1857 | Fulton and Marion Streets, corner |
Female Half-Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1858 | 1886 | Lucas Avenue and Beaumont | Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Half Orphan Asylum for Girls conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1859 | 1890 | Biddle Street, NE corner Tenth | St. Mary’s [Female] Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1859 | 1863 | Eleventh Street and Marion Park | Orphan’s Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1859 | 1863 | Marion & Menard Streets, corner |
Infant Orphan Asylum (under the charge of Sisters of Charity) |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1859 | Marion and Fulton Streets, nw corner |
St. Joseph’s Half-Orphan Asylum under the charge of the sisters of St. Joseph |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1859 | 1909 | 1029 | Marion Street | House of the Guardian Angel (Orphan Asylum and Industrial School for Girls) |
Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul |
| 1859 | 1863 | Menard, NW corner Marion | LaSalle Institute for Orphans |
Christian Brothers | |
| 1859 | 1907 | O’Fallon Street, southeast corner Tenth Avenue |
St. Ann’s Home for Widows, Lying In Hospital and Foundling Asylum under the direction of the Sisters of Charity |
Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg | |
| 1859 | 1879 | Tenth & O’Fallon Streets | St. Ann’s Widows’ Home | Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg | |
| 1860 | 1900 | Morgan and Twenty-second Streets, SE corner |
St. Joseph Convent of Mercy, Industrial School for Girls, House [sic] Mercy Home for Unemployed Servant Girls, St. Joseph’s Female Night Refuge, St. Catherine’s School |
Sisters of Mercy | |
| 1860 | 1863 | 48 | North Eighth Street | City Mission House under the auspices of the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) |
Unitarian |
| 1860 | Twenty-sixth and Christy Streets | St. Bridget Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1863 | 1865 | Carr Street | German Protestant Orphans’ Home | Evangelical | |
| 1863 | 1890 | Clark Avenue, northeast corner Fifteenth Street |
St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1863 | 1873 | 1100 | Eleventh Street and Monroe Street, NW Corner |
Orphans’ Home, supported by the Episcopal Churches |
Episcopal Diocese of Missouri |
| 1863 | 1870 | Spruce and Fourth Streets, corner |
Orphan Girls’ Asylum under the direction of the Daughters of Charity |
Daughters of Charity [Emmitsburg, Maryland] |
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| 1864 | 48 | North Eighth Street | Mission Free School Orphanage | Unitarian | |
| 1864 | 1865 | Twelfth Street, between Cass and O’Fallon |
Freedman’s Orphan Home | Western Sanitary Commission | |
| 1865 | 1870 | Pratte av. Cor. Dayton | German Protestant Orphans’ Home | Evangelical | |
| 1865 | Twelfth and Monroe Streets, SW corner |
Methodist Episcopal Orphans’ Home |
Methodist | ||
| 1865 | Webster Groves | Soldier’s Orphan Home | Western Sanitary Commission | ||
| 1866 | Twelfth and Brooklyn Streets, SW corner |
Methodist Episcopal Orphans’ Home |
Methodist | ||
| 1867 | 1910 | 3533 | Laclede Avenue | Methodist Orphans’ Home for Boys | Methodist |
| 1867 | 1743 | North Twelfth Street | Methodist Orphans’ Home | Methodist | |
| 1868 | 1966 | Ballas Road at the corner of Manchester Road (Des Peres) |
German Evangelical Lutheran Orphans’ Home |
Lutheran | |
| 1868 | 1970 | Clark and Ewing Avenues | St. Philomena’s Technical School from St. Philomena’s Orphan Asylum and School |
Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg | |
| 1868 | 1967 | Manchester & Ballas Roads (Des Peres) |
Lutheran Orphans’ Home (German Evangelical Lutheran Orphan’s Home) |
Lutheran | |
| 1869 | Natural Bridge Plank Road (South Side), nr. Pratte avenue |
Methodist Orphans’ Home | Methodist | ||
| 1869 | 330 | North Gore Avenue (Webster Groves) |
St. Louis Protestant Orphans’ Asylum |
St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children |
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| 1869 | 1900 | Webster Groves | St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum |
St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children |
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| 1870 | 1882 | Christy Avenue, northwest corner Twenty-Sixth Street |
St. Bridget’s Half Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1870 | 2649-2651 | Lucas Avenue | Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Half Orphan Asylum for Girls conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1870 | 1876 | Marion Street, SW corner Menard | House of the Guardian Angel | Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul |
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| 1870 | 413 | North Eighteenth Street | City Mission House under the auspices of the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) |
Unitarian | |
| 1870 | 1876 | 912 | North Seventeenth Street | Girls’ Industrial Home | Girls’ Industrial Home |
| 1870 | 1940 | St. Charles Rock Road (St. Louis County), 9 miles from the Court House |
German Protestant Orphans’ Home | Evangelical | |
| 1870 | Twelfth Street, between O’Fallon and Cass Avenues |
Orphan’s Home (Colored) | |||
| 1871 | 1912 | Twenty-second and Morgan (now Delmar) Streets |
Industrial School and Home for Girls |
Sisters of Mercy | |
| 1872 | Broadway and Labadie | Mullanphy Orphan Asylum | Mesdames of the Sacred Heart | ||
| 1873 | 1874 | 1701 | South Grand Boulevard, corner DeTonty and Lafayette Avenues |
Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri |
| 1874 | 1876 | Grand and DeTonty Street | Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1876 | 1877 | Arsenal & Susquehannah | St. Elizabeth’s Orphans’ Home (Became St. Elizabeth Academy) |
Sisters of the Most Precious Blood |
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| 1876 | 948 | Chouteau Avenue | Orphan’s Home | German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
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| 1876 | Clark and Summit Avenues | St. Philomena Orphan Asylum | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1876 | Fifteenth and Clark Avenue, cor. | Maternity Lying-in Hospital | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1876 | 1885 | Glencoe [St. Louis County] | Catholic Protectorate | Christian Brothers | |
| 1876 | 1910 | Grand and Lafayette Avenues | Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1876 | Louisiana Avenue, near Osage | House of Refuge | City of St. Louis (became St. Louis Industrial School) |
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| 1876 | 2649 | Lucas Avenue | St. Bridget’s Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1876 | Morgan and Twenty-third, cor. | Female Night Refuge | Sisters of Mercy | ||
| 1876 | Morgan and Twenty-third, cor. | Servant Girls out of Situations | Sisters of Mercy | ||
| 1876 | 413 | North Eighth Street | Boys’ and Girls’ Industrial Home | Unitarian | |
| 1876 | 1886 | 718 | North Nineteenth | Girls’ Industrial Home | Girls’ Industrial Home |
| 1876 | 705 | Pine Street | Street Boys’ Home | ||
| 1876 | Seventeenth Street, near Chestnut |
House of the Good Shepherd | Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd |
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| 1876 | Sixteenth and Biddle | St. Mary’s Female Orphan Asylum | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1876 | 11 | South Sixteenth Street | Presbyterian Home | Presbyterian | |
| 1876 | Tenth and Marion, cor. | House of the Guardian Angel | Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul |
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| 1876 | Tenth and O’Fallon Streets, cor. |
Biddle Street Infant Asylum | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1876 | Twentieth near Cass Avenue | St. Vincent German Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1876 | Webster Groves | Methodist | |||
| 1877 | 1878 | Chouteau and Thirteenth Streets | German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
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| 1878 | 1886 | Montgomery & Twentieth Street |
German General Protestant Orphans’ Home |
German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
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| 1878 | 1900 | 1236 | North Tenth Street | St. Ann’s Widows Home, Lying In Hospital, and Foundling Asylum |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
| 1880 | Fourteenth and Gay Streets | St. Elizabeth School | Oblate Sisters of Providence | ||
| 1880 | Fourteenth and Morgan Streets | St. Frances’ Colored Orphan Asylum |
Oblate Sisters of Providence | ||
| 1880 | 1920 | 4310 | Morgan | Epworth School for Girls | Methodist |
| 1880 | 1912 | Morgan Street | St. Elizabeth School | Oblate Sisters of Providence | |
| 1880 | Ninth and Wash Streets, SW corner |
Mission Free School Orphanage | Unitarian | ||
| 1880 | North Ninth Street | Boys & Girls Industrial Home | Unitarian | ||
| 1881 | Ninth Street | Mission Free School and Home of the Church of the Messiah under auspices of the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) |
Unitarian | ||
| 1883 | 1511 | Morgan Street | St. Frances Catholic (Colored) Orphan Asylum |
Oblate Sisters of Providence | |
| 1883 | 7654 | Natural Bridge Road | School of the Immaculate Heart | Sisters of the Good Shepherd | |
| 1886 | Broadway, near LaSalle | Mullanphy Orphan Asylum | Mesdames of the Sacred Heart | ||
| 1886 | 1900 | Clark Avenue, northwest corner Ewing Avenue |
St. Philomena’s Female Orphan Asylum & School |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1886 | Easton Avenue (St. Louis County), 10 miles west of the Court House |
German Protestant Orphans’ Home | Evangelical | ||
| 1886 | 2675 | Lucas Avenue | St. Bridget’s Half-Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1886 | 1887 | 2651 | Morgan Street | Missouri Baptist Orphan Home | Baptist |
| 1886 | 1962 | 4447 | Natural Bridge Road near Newstead Avenue |
German General Protestant Orphans Home |
German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
| 1886 | 1900 | 718 | North Eighteenth | Girls’ Industrial Home | Girls’ Industrial Home |
| 1886 | 413 | North Eighteenth Street | Boys’ and Girls’ Industrial Home under the auspices of the Church of the Messiah |
Unitarian | |
| 1887 | 1906 | 1906 | Lafayette, at the corner of Mississippi |
Baptist Orphan Home | Baptist |
| 1887 | 4536 | Page Avenue | St. Frances’ Colored Orphan Asylum |
Oblate Sisters of Providence | |
| 1888 | 1893 | Broadway and Convent street | Convent of the Sacred Heart and Mullanphy Orphan Home |
Mesdames of the Sacred Heart | |
| 1888 | 1900 | 1427 | North Twelfth Street | St. Louis Colored Orphans’ Home | African American women members of Harper Women’s Christian Temperance Union |
| 1889 | 1890 | 1235 | Bayard Avenue | Christian Orphans’ Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1889 | 1981 | 5351 | Delmar Boulevard | Masonic Home of Missouri | Masonic |
| 1889 | 1917 | 1431 | Hogan Street | German Saint Vincent Orphan Home | Sisters of Christian Charity |
| 1889 | 1892 | Russell avenue, nw corner of Ninth |
Bethesda Christian Home and Infant Asylum |
Bethesda | |
| 1890 | Seventeenth near Pine | Convent and Asylum of the House of the Good Shepherd |
Sisters of the Good Shepherd | ||
| 1890 | 1893 | 1529 | Webster Avenue | Christian Orphans’ Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1891 | 1940 | 4385 | Maryland Avenue | Methodist Orphans’ Home | Methodist |
| 1891 | Normandy | The Protectorate of the Good Shepherd Sisters and Industrial School of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of St. Louis |
Convent of the Good Shepherd | ||
| 1892 | 1896 | Twelfth and Soulard Streets, SW corner |
Bethesda Home and Infant Asylum | Bethesda | |
| 1893 | 1895 | 334 | North Taylor Avenue, ne cor. Maryland |
Convent of the Good Shepherd and Mullanphy Orphan Home |
Mesdames of the Sacred Heart |
| 1893 | 1894 | 1121 | St. Ange Avenue | Christian Orphans’ Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1894 | 1907 | 915 | Aubert Avenue | Christian Orphans’ Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1894 | 1900 | Fifteenth and Clark Avenue, NE Corner |
St. Mary’s Female Orphan Asylum | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1894 | 1895 | 4062 | Juniata Street | Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society |
| 1894 | 4701 | South Grand Boulevard | St. Joseph Male Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1894 | South Grand Boulevard and Itaska | St. Joseph Male Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1895 | 1904 | 3801 | Gravois Avenue | Convent of the Good Shepherd | Sisters of the Good Shepherd |
| 1895 | 1897 | 1623 | Olive Street, northeast corner Oliver and Seventeenth Streets |
Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society |
| 1896 | Hickory street | Bethesda Foundling Home | Bethesda | ||
| 1896 | 3533 | Laclede avenue | Bethesda Foundling Home | Bethesda | |
| 1896 | 3501 | St. Mary’s Lane (Normandy) | St. Frances Catholic (Colored) Orphan Asylum |
Oblate Sisters of Providence | |
| 1897 | 1900 | 3516 | Olive Street | Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society |
| 1899 | 1900 | 2016 | Lafayette | Mothers’ and Babies’ Home of the Christian Church in St. Louis |
Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1900 | 1849 | Cass Avenue | Convent Lady of Good Shephard | Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd |
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| 1900 | 1910 | 2901 | Clark Avenue | St. Philomena’s Industrial School |
Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
| 1900 | 1956 | Emerson and Harney | St. Mary’s Female Orphan Asylum | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1900 | 4348 | Garfield Avenue | Amelia Home for Children | ||
| 1900 | 1940 | 3740 | Marine Avenue | Salvation Army Rescue Home & Maternity Hospital |
Salvation Army |
| 1900 | Meramec Township (St. Louis County) |
LaSalle Institute | Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1900 | 1418 | O’Fallon | Amanda Home for Children | ||
| 1900 | Twenty-Eighth and Chestnut Streets |
Mission Free School | Unitarian | ||
| 1900 | 1930 | 3655 | Vista Avenue | Bethesda Foundling Home | Bethesda |
| 1900 | 1910 | 5501 | Von Verson Avenue | Girls’ Industrial Home | Girls’ Industrial Home |
| 1900 | 4329 | Warne Avenue | American Orphans’ Home | ||
| 1900 | 1903 | 2821 | West Chestnut | Mothers’ and Babies’ Home of the Christian Church in St. Louis |
Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1900 | 1902 | 2825 | West Chestnut | Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society |
| 1900 | 1902 | 2831 | West Chestnut | Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society |
| 1900 | 2817 | West Chestnut Street | Mission Free School and Home of the Church of the Messiah under auspices of the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian) |
Unitarian | |
| 1901 | 1922 | 4316 | Natural Bridge Road | St. Louis Colored Orphans’ Home | African American women members of Harper Women’s Christian Temperance Union |
| 1902 | 2737 | Locust Street | Mission Free School of the Church of the Messiah |
Unitarian | |
| 1902 | 1907 | 3208 | Pine Street | Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society |
| 1903 | 1917 | 2821-2825 | Lawton Avenue | Mothers’ and Babies’ Home of the Christian Church in St. Louis |
Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1904 | 1969 | Gravois and Bamberger Avenues | Convent of the Good Shepherd | Sisters of the Good Shepherd | |
| 1904 | Main and Clark Streets | St. Louis Newsboys’ Home | Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1904 | 1910 | 1243 | North Garrison Avenue | Salvation Army Children’s Home | Salvation Army |
| 1905 | Normandy, 8 acres of land | St. Frances’ Colored Orphan Asylum |
Oblate Sisters of Providence | ||
| 1905 | 1940 | 616 | St. Mary’s Lane (Normandy) | St. Frances Catholic (Colored) Orphan Asylum |
Oblate Sisters of Providence |
| 1906 | 1907 | 2737 | Locust Street | Father Dunne’s News-Boys’ Home and Protectorate |
Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
| 1906 | 1921 | 2134 | Morgan Street | Industrial Home and School for Girls |
Sisters of Mercy |
| 1906 | 1907 | 1013 | Selby Place | Father Dunne’s News-Boys Home and Protectorate |
Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
| 1906 | present | 11300 | St. Charles Rock Road (Bridgeton) |
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home | Baptist |
| 1907 | 1921 | 4205 | Eleventh Street | Bethany Christian Home | |
| 1907 | 1940 | 5341 | Emerson Avenue | St. Mary’s Female Orphan Asylum | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
| 1907 | 4136 | Lexington Avenue | St. Louis City Orphans’ Home | ||
| 1907 | 1930 | 4427 | Margaretta Avenue | Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society |
| 1907 | 1920 | 369 | North Taylor Avenue | Mission Free School | Mission Free School |
| 1907 | 1910 | Page Boulevard, southwest corner Union Boulevard |
St. Ann’s Widow’s Home, Lying-In Hospital, and Foundling Asylum |
Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg | |
| 1907 | 3108 | Pine Street | Emergency Home and Hospital for Aged People, Infants and Children |
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| 1907 | 1909 | Taylor & Maryland Avenues | Mullanphy Orphan Asylum | Mesdames of the Sacred Heart | |
| 1907 | 3000 | Washington Avenue | Newsboys Home | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1907 | 1940 | 3010 | Washington Avenue | Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home & Protectorate, Inc. |
Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums |
| 1908 | 1909 | Euclid Avenue and Labadie Avenue | Christian Orphans’ Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
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| 1908 | 1952 | Smizer Mill Road, north of Gravois (Fenton) |
Hessoun Bohemian Catholic Orphanage |
Sisters of Notre Dame/Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross (Bohemia) |
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| 1909 | 1910 | 2949 | North Euclid Avenue | Christian Orphans’ Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1910 | 1978 | 5501 | Enright Avenue | Girls’ Industrial Home | Girls’ Industrial Home |
| 1910 | 3017 | Euclid Avenue | Christian Orphan Home & Hospital |
Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1910 | 1930 | 1711 | Grand Avenue | Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri |
| 1910 | 2126 | Morgan Street | Sisters of Mercy Industrial School and Girls Home |
Sisters of Mercy | |
| 1910 | 2134 | Morgan Street | St. Joseph’s Female Night Refuge | Sisters of Mercy | |
| 1910 | 3410 | Morgan Street | Epworth Emergency Home | Methodist | |
| 1910 | 3410 | Morgan Street | Methodist Episcopal Home for Girls |
Methodist | |
| 1910 | 1978 | 3033 | North Euclid Avenue | Christian Orphans’ Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1910 | 519 | North Garrison Avenue | Newsboys Home | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1910 | 1243 | North Garrison Avenue | Salvation Army Infant Nursery | Salvation Army | |
| 1910 | 1337 | North Garrison Avenue | Volunteers of America Children’s Home |
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| 1910 | 3047 | North Taylor Avenue | Mother’s and Babie’s Home | Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1910 | 1956 | 5301 | Page Avenue | St. Ann’s Widow’s Home, Lying-In Hospital, and Foundling Asylum |
Daughters of Charity, Emmitsburg |
| 1910 | 1926 | 2236 | Tower Grove Avenue | Jewish Shelter Home for Children | Jewish Orphans Home Society |
| 1910 | Union and Cabanne Avenues, southwest corner |
St. Philomena Technical School | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1912 | 1309 | Pine Street | St. Rita’s Convent | Oblate Sisters of Providence | |
| 1913 | 3028 | Laclede Avenue | St. Rita’s Convent | Oblate Sisters of Providence | |
| 1913 | 1920 | 2228 | Locust Street | Mercy Home | Sisters of Mercy |
| 1914 | 1921 | 1900 | Louisiana Avenue | Arthur Brittain Hall (Home for Boys) |
Episcopal Diocese of Missouri |
| 1915 | 1920 | 3410 | Morgan Street | Epworth Home for Girls | Methodist |
| 1917 | present | 7401 | Florissant Road (Normandy) | Saint Vincent Home for Children | Sisters of Christian Charity |
| 1917 | 1918 | 6600 | Washington Avenue (University City) |
Mothers’ and Babies’ Home | Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
| 1918 | [Ferguson] | Mothers’ and Babies’ Home of the Christian Church, St. Louis |
Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1918 | 7815 | Bonhomme (Clayton) | Methodist Orphans’ Home | Methodist | |
| 1918 | Darst & Hartnett Roads (Ferguson) |
Mothers’ and Babies’ Home | Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1918 | Laclede Station Road (Webster Groves) |
St. Catherine’s Home for Girls | Sisters of Mercy | ||
| 1918 | 1919 | St. Louis and Bonhomme avenues (Clayton) |
Methodist Orphans’ Home | Methodist | |
| 1918 | Webster Groves | St. Catherine’s Home for Girls | Sisters of Mercy | ||
| 1919 | Grand and Delmar | St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1919 | 1929 | 3117 | Lafayette Avenue | Jewish Orphans’ Home of St. Louis |
Jewish Orphans Home Society |
| 1920 | 5314 | Cabanne Avenue | St. Philomena Technical School | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1920 | 1926 | 8 | Elizabeth Avenue (Ferguson) | Christian Church Children’s Home | Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
| 1920 | 1923 | 4310 | Enright Avenue | Epworth Girls Home | Methodist |
| 1920 | 1930 | 2951 | Euclid Avenue | Christian Orphan’s Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1920 | 1921 | 4201 | Market Street | Church of God and Saints of Christ Orphanage and Home (African American) |
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| 1920 | 4427 | Natural Bridge Road | German General Orphans Home | German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
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| 1920 | 3651 | Rutger Street | Bethesda Foundling Home | Bethesda | |
| 1920 | 322 | Taylor & Maryland Avenues | Academy of the Sacred Heart. The 1921 City Directory shows Mullanphy Orphan Asylum at this same address. |
Mesdames of the Sacred Heart | |
| 1921 | 6211 | Plymouth Avenue (University City) |
Mothers’ and Babies’ Home | Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1921 | 1928 | 4650 | South Broadway | St. Rita’s Convent | Oblate Sisters of Providence |
| 1921 | 6600 | Washington Avenue | Parkview Home | Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1921 | Webster Groves | St. Joseph’s Convent of Mercy Mother-house Novitiate and Industrial School for Girls |
Sisters of Mercy | ||
| 1922 | 1946 | 2612 | Goode Street | St. Louis Colored Orphans’ Home | African American women members of Harper Women’s Christian Temperance Union |
| 1923 | 1930 | Farm and Marshall Avenue (Webster Groves) |
Epworth School for Girls | Methodist | |
| 1923 | 1976 | 110 | North Elm Avenue (Webster Groves) |
Epworth Home for Girls (Epworth School for Girls) |
Methodist |
| 1926 | Darst & Hartnett Roads (Ferguson) |
Children’s Home (Christian Women’s Benevolent Association) |
Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1926 | 2236 | Tower Grove Avenue | Dorothy Drey Sommers Shelter Home |
Jewish Orphans Home Society | |
| 1929 | 1940 | 6630 | Oakland Avenue | Jewish Orphans’ Home of St. Louis |
Jewish Orphans Home Society |
| 1930 | 5306 | Cabanne Avenue | St. Philomena Technical School | Sisters of Charity (Emmitsburg, Maryland) |
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| 1930 | Darst & Hartnett Roads (Ferguson) |
Christian Church Children’s Home | Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1930 | 4310 | Enright Avenue | St. Louis Home of Redeeming Love | ||
| 1930 | 1963 | 4415 | Margaretta Avenue | Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society |
| 1930 | 334 | North Taylor Avenue | Convent and Academy of the Sacred Heart and Mullanphy Orphan Asylum |
Mesdames of the Sacred Heart | |
| 1930 | 1940 | 1340 | Partridge Avenue (University City) |
St. Domenico Italian Orphans Home |
Sisters of the Most Precious Blood |
| 1931 | 3028 | Washington Avenue | Father Dunne’s Colored Orphans’ Home |
Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1933 | 25 | East Pacific Avenue (Webster Groves) |
Epworth School for Girls | Methodist | |
| 1934 | 4753 | South Grand Boulevard | St. Joseph Male Orphan Asylum | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1934 | South Grand Boulevard and Delor | St. Joseph Home for Boys | Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet |
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| 1936 | Elm Avenue and Marshal Place (Webster Groves) |
Epworth School for Girls | Methodist | ||
| 1940 | 3621 | DeTonty Street | Episcopal Orphans’ Home | Episcopal Diocese of Missouri | |
| 1940 | 1978 | 3033 | Euclid Avenue | Christian Orphans’ Home | Benevolent Association of the Christian Church |
| 1940 | North Hartnett Avenue (Ferguson) | Mother’s & Babie’s Home (supported by the Christian Church), [no number] North Hartnett Avenue, Ferguson |
Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1940 | 334 | North Taylor Avenue | Academy of the Sacred Heart (Home for Girls) |
Mesdames of the Sacred Heart | |
| 1943 | 330 | North Gore Avenue and Rock Hill (Webster Groves) |
Edgewood Children’s Center | St. Louis Association of Ladies for the Relief of Orphan Children |
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| 1945 | 8240 | St. Charles Rock Road (St. Louis County) |
Evangelical Children’s Home | Evangelical | |
| 1946 | 1955 | 4919 | Forest Park Boulevard | Forest Park Children’s Center | Junior League of St. Louis |
| 1946 | 1990 | 2612 | Goode Avenue | Annie Malone Children’s Home (formerly St. Louis Colored Orphans’ Home) |
Annie Malone Children and Family Services |
| 1946 | 3033 | North Euclid Avenue | St. Louis Christian Home | National Benevolent Association | |
| 1947 | 1959 | 5320 | Cabanne Avenue | Child Center of Our Lady of Grace |
Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
| 1948 | 5661 | Waterman boulevard | Methodist Orphans’ Home | Methodist | |
| 1950 | 3715 | Jamieson and Tholozan avenues | Methodist Orphans’ Home | Methodist | |
| 1956 | 1984 | 4253 | Clarence Avenue | Father Dunne’s News-Boys’ Home and Protectorate |
Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
| 1956 | 8201 | Florissant Road (Normandy) | Villa Maria | Sisters of Divine Providence | |
| 1957 | 1340 | Partridge Avenue (University City) |
St. Catherine’s Home for Girls | Sisters of Mercy | |
| 1959 | 2005 | 7900 | Natural Bridge Road (Normandy) | Child Center of Our Lady of Grace |
Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
| 1962 | Darst & Hartnett Roads (Ferguson) |
CWBA Youth Home | Christian Women’s Benevolent Association |
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| 1962 | 2004 | 12685 | Olive Boulevard (St. Louis County) |
German General Protestant Orphans Home |
German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
| 1963 | 9445 | Litzsinger Road (Brentwood) | Children’s Home Society of Missouri |
Children’s Home Society | |
| 1969 | 2705 | Mullanphy Lane (Florissant) | Marygrove | Convent of the Good Shepherd | |
| 1970 | 2008 | 3033 | North Euclid Avenue | NBA (National Benevolent Association) Emergency Childrens’ Home |
National Benevolent Association |
| 1971 | 12685 | Olive Boulevard (St. Louis County) |
General Protestant Children’s Home |
German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
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| 1976 | present | 110 | North Elm Avenue (Webster Groves) |
Methodist Childrens Services of Missouri |
Methodist |
| 1977 | 2003 | 3740 | Marine Avenue | Salvation Army Hope Center for Children |
Salvation Army |
| 1978 | 2008 | 3055 | North Euclid Avenue | Emergency Children’s Home (ECHO) | National Benevolent Association |
| 1983 | 7534 | Natural Bridge Road | St. Joan of Arc | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1983 | 1340 | Partridge Avenue (University City) |
Villa Maria | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1984 | 2006 | 853 | Dunn Road (Florissant) | Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home & Protectorate, Inc. |
Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
| 1984 | 325 | North Newstead Ave | Marian Hall | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1984 | 325 | North Newstead Ave | Mercita Hall | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1984 | 325 | North Newstead Ave | St. Joan of Arc | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1985 | 2047 | East Grand Boulevard | Martin de Porres | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1987 | 4485 | Westminster Place | Boys Town St. Louis | Boys Town of Missouri | |
| 1990 | 2008 | 2612 | Annie Malone Drive | Annie Malone’s Children’s Home |
Annie Malone Children and Family Services |
| 1991 | 8351 | Florissant Road (Normandy) | Villa Maria | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 1994 | 1340 | Partridge Avenue (University City) |
Marian Hall Agencies | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 2000 | 2647 | Ohio Avenue | Villa Maria | Managers of the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums of St. Louis |
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| 2005 | 12685 | Olive Boulevard (St. Louis County) |
YouthBridge | German General Protestant Orphans Association of St. Louis |
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| 2008 | 5355 | Page Boulevard | Annie Malone Family Crisis Center |
Annie Malone Children and Family Services |
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| 2009 | 330 | North Gore (Webster Groves) | Great Circle | Great Circle | |
| 2009 | 8240 | St. Charles Rock Road (St. Louis County) |
Every Child’s Hope | Evangelical |