Allegheny County Industrial School and Home for Boys

Dates:

Established - 1910

Closed - 1979

Locations:

1st site - Thorn Hill (Marshall Twp.)

2nd site -

Also Known As:

Allegheny County Industrial and Training School for Boys

Thorn Hill School of Allegheny County

Warrendale Youth Development Center - 1962

Warrendale Correctional Center

Founder:

Sponsoring Agency:

Notes:

The aim of the school was to provide useful training for boys under 16 years of age who were turned over to the school by the Juvenile Court.

County purchased over 1000 acres including the Goehring, Brooker, Ulrich, Hobson, Amsler, McRoberts, Bannerrot and Edmundson farms.

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare took over the facility in 1962.

Hillman Library has annual reports: HV9105 .P41 A42

Location of Records:

Unknown

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Youth Centers)