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Toner Institute and Seraphic Home for Boys
- Dates:
- Established - 1899
- Closed - 1977
- Locations:
- 1st site - Derry Twp. (Westmoreland County)
- 2nd site - Dorchester Avenue (Brookline) (1917)
- 3rd site - Castlegate Avenue (Mt.Lebanon)
- 2nd site - Dorchester Avenue (Brookline) (1917)
- Also Known As:
- Toner Farm
- Toner Institute
- Founder:
- Sponsoring Agency:
- Seraphic Work of Charity
- Sisters of Divine Providence
- Capuchin Fransican Fathers (1911-1975)
- Sisters of Divine Providence
- Notes:
- Named for Dr. James L. Toner of Westmoreland County who provided in
his will a fund to establish a school for boys.
- Home for boys, usually Catholic, from broken or disrupted homes.
- Location of Records:
- Archives and Records Center, Diocese of Pittsburgh, 125 North Craig Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 ; 412-621-6217
- Sources:
- PA Department Vertical Files (Organizations)
- 1933 Directory of Social Agencies
- 1937 Directory of Social Agencies
- 1943 Directory of Social Resources
- 1968 Directory of Health and Welfare Services
- Catholic Pittsburgh's One Hundred Years, pp. 125, 183, 185, 194, 199
- 1933 Directory of Social Agencies
Boys from Toner Institute, 1949
