Louise Home for Babies

Dates:

Established - 1904

Closed - 1955

Locations:

1st site - Wylie Avenue (Day Nursery)

2nd site - Pacific Avenue (Day Nursery)

3rd site - Federal Street (Day Nursery)

4th site - West End (1909)

5th site - 946 Beech Avenue (North Side) (1913)

6th site - 336 South Rebecca Street / 336 South Aiken Avenue (1919)

Also Known As:

Louise Child Care Center (Closed 2002)

Founder: Institution was named for Mrs. Louise Root Diescher.

Sponsoring Agency:

Young Women's Guild of Christ Methodist Episcopal Church at Centre and Aiken Avenues

Notes:

Church is now called First United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh.

Location of Records:

Senator John Heinz Regional History Center, 412-454-6367

Names of the children are in alphabetical order; there are no restrictions on accessing this collection. (10-31-02)

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)

1933 Directory of Social Agencies

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1968 Directory of Health and Welfare Services