Vigo County Home for Dependent Children

7140 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute, Indiana. County/parish: Vigo.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 15, 2000. NRIS 00000674.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • 167-579-30018

From Wikipedia:

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, also known as the Glenn Home, is a historic orphanage located in Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana. The main building was built in 1903, and is a 2+12-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a hipped and gabled roof and features a semi-circular, two-story portico with four Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing former boiler house (now demolished). The main building is the home of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132005069