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Adoption Agency, Orphanages and Maternity Homes An Historical Directory By: Reg Niles Vol. I & II 1937 ALEXANDRIA (Rapides Parish) Masonic Home for Children Residential home care for children age 3-13. Established in 1923. Address: Grand Lodge of
Louisiana F&AM Saint Joseph's Home A catholic orphanage conducted by the congregation of the Sister's of Charity of The Incarnate Word Diocese of Alexandria P.O. Box 7417 Alexandria, La. 71306-0417
ARCADIA (Bienville Parish) New Bethany Home of Girls (1977), Highway 9 South, 71001 BALDWIN (St. Mary's Parish) Sager-Brown Orphanage (1977): Sager-Brown School, P.O. B. 197, 70514; residential care for children under private auspices. 1933 census: Sager-Brown Home, no address; residential care, under religious auspices, for 54 dependent Negro children. 1925/1923 census: Sager Brown Orphanage, no address; 15 negro children; under auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; established in 1922. A 1021 citation mentions an unnamed home for dependent children in Baldwin which is operated by the Bureau of Children's Homes of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Syracuse, N.Y. BATON ROUGE (in East Baton Rouge Parish) Blundon Home. Also see Live Oak School. 1977: Blundon Home, 650 W. McKinley St., 70802; residential care for children. Ada C. Blundon (1863-) and her husband Frank founded the Live Oak School for Colored people in 1889. Catholic Social Services 1977 and 1976; Catholic Social Services, Community Life Services, Catholic Life Center, 1800 S. Acadian Thruway, P. O. B. 1668, 70821;Adoptions; The Diocese of Baton Rouge was set up in 1961. Catholic Social Services also uses the address 1220 Main St., 70802. 192 to 1968: The Catholic Social Services of Baton Rouge, Inc., 1220 Main St.; Licensed for adoption. 1964: Catholic Charities, 11441 Sherbrook Dr. Live Oak School. 1923 Census: The Live Oak School, No address; residential care for dependent Negro children under the auspices for a private corporation; established in 1889 Founders: see Blundon Home. Protestant Orphans Home. 1933 census: The Protestant Orphans Home, no address; residential care for 16 dependent girls. 1923 census: The Protestant Orphanage, no address; for whites; established in 1848. St. Joseph's Children's Home. 1977: The Saint Joseph's Children's Home, Mother Alice Hall, 3080 Kleinert Ave., 70806 Residential care for children under Catholic Auspices; staffed by Sisters of St. Joseph (of Bourg) 1964: St. Joseph's Catholic Orphanage, P. O. B. 1286, 70821 25 girls in residence. 1944: St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, no address; 41 orphans. 1933 census: St. Joseph's Orphanage, No address; 31 white girls. 1923 census/1922: same name no address; 32 white girls; operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph; established in 1861. Widow's & Orphans Home. 1923 census: The Widows and Orphans Home, no address; residential care for dependent negro children under the auspices of the Women's Baptist Association; established in 1922. Cottonport (Avoyelles Parish) Don Bosco's Home for Boys. Don Bosco's Home for Boys. 1964; Don Bosco's Home for Boys, P. O. B. 178, 17327; A Catholic orphanage staffed by Brothers of the Holy Eucharist (Alexandria). Crowley (Arcadia Parish) Odd Fellow's Home. 1933 census: The Odd Fellows Home of Louisiana, no address; residential care, under Fraternal auspices, for 12 dependent children. 1923 census: The Odd Fellows Home, no address; for Whites; under the auspices of the I.O.O.F.; established in 1911. HOUMA (Terrebonne Parish) MacDonell United Methodist Children's Services, Inc. 1977 address: 1210 E. Main St., 70360; Residential care for children. Eponym: Probably named for Tochie W. Macdonell (1861) a worker for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. JENNINGS (Jefferson Davis Parish) Louisiana Children's Home Society. 1933 census: The Louisiana Children's Home Society, no address; residential care, under private auspices, for 117 white children. 1923 census: same name, no address; 26 children; established in 1915. LAFAYETTE (Lafayette Parish) Holy Rosary Institute. 1964; The Holy Rosary Institute, no address; A Catholic elementary school for 37 pupils. 1922: The Holy Rosary Institute for Colored Girls, no address; 75 dependent girls; conducted by Sisters of The Holy Family St. Mary's Home. 1976: Saint Mary's Home for Children, 601 W. Saint Mary Blvd., 70506; A Catholic home for 11 children; conducted by Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word; same address as Catholic Social Services.1964; St. Mary's Home For Orphans, no address; 43 children. 1933 census: Saint Mary's Home, no address; 43 dependent White children. LAKE CHARLES (Calcasieu Parish) Boy's Village, Inc. 1978: Boys' Village, Inc., Social Services Department, Route No. 1 Box 1008, 70601; also known as Louisiana Boys Village; residential chare for troubled youth in Southwestern Louisiana under private auspices; apparently established in 1947; location: on Highway 90, 6 miles east of Lake Charles. Louisiana Baptist Orphanage. 1923 census: The Louisiana Baptist Orphanage, no address; residential care for 129 dependent white children under the auspices of the Baptist State Convention; established in 1899. Southwestern Training Home. 1929; The Southwestern Training Home, no address; a maternity home for unwed mothers. MONROE (Ouachita Parish) Home of the Good Samaritan. 1929 address: Motor Route A, South; a maternity home for unwed mothers. Louisiana Baptist Orphanage.1968: The Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, no address; licensed for adoption. 1933 census: same name no address; residential care for dependent children. marrero (Jefferson Parish) Hope Haven. 1977/1976 Hope Haven (Home for Boys), 1108 Barataria Blvd., 70072; Residential care and narcotic counseling, under Catholic auspices, for 71 boys. 1964 Hope Haven, Arts and Trade School, no address, 70072; and orphanage for 50 dependent boys operated by Silesians of St. John Bosco established in 1925. 1944; Hope Haven for Dependent Boys, no address in Marrero; 117 boys; has an agricultural arts and trades school; established in 1922. 1933 census: Hope Haven, no address, in New Orleans; for dependent boys age 12-16. 1922: Hope Haven Farm, no address, in Gretna; a Catholic Institution for post-orphanage boarding and education.
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