The Orphans' Home and Farm School of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Dates:

Established - 1854

Closed - ?

Locations:

1st site - Several temporary sites in Allegheny City and in Pittsburgh

2nd site - Zelienople (Butler County) - Farm School for Boys

3rd site - Rochester (Beaver County) - Orphans Home for Girls (1862-1895)

Also Known As:

Lutheran Children's Home of Zelienople (c. 1956)

Lutheran Youth and Family Services

Glade Run

Founder:

Rev. Dr. William Passavant

Rev. Gottlieb Bassler

Sponsoring Agency:

Institution of Protestant Deaconesses of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (1931)

Pittsburgh Synod of the United Lutheran Church

Western Pennsylvania-West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church of America

Notes:

Accepted soldiers' orphans.

In 1895, the girls moved from Rochester to Zelienople.

Location of Records:

Zelienople Historical Society, P.O. Box 45, Zelienople, PA 16063 ; 412-452-9457

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)

1933 Directory of Social Agencies

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1953 Community Services Directory

1968 Directory of Health and Welfare Services

The Development of Children's Homes in Pennsylvania Under the Auspices of the United Lutheran Church in America

Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools...With the Pupils Names Subjoined, p. 511 and p. 518

Life and Letters of W. A. Passavant, D. D., pp. 221-248

Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. 21, no. 3, p. 29