Beloit Children’s Homes, Beloit, IA (1890-1945) (Lutheran)
- Ames History Museum, Multiple images and History
Boys’ and Girls’ Home, 26th, and Douglas Streets. Sioux City (1894) (neglected) (under age 16) (M/F)
- Image, not sure what the address is. Are there two Boys’ and Girls’ Homes in Sioux City? There are two addresses listed.
Boys’ and Girls’ Home, West Second Street, Sioux City (1894)
- Image, not sure what the address is. Are there two Boys’ and Girls’ Homes in Sioux City? There are two addresses listed.
Children’s Home, Tabor – Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association (1892)
Children’s Christian Training Home, Boone – Christian Missionary Alliance (1908) (orphans, homeless) (M/F)
Children’s Home, Tabor – Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association (1892) (homeless, friendless) (M/F)
Christian Home Orphanage, Council Bluffs (orphans) (under age 16) (M/F)
Creche, The 9th Ave. and 3rd St. (1901)(care of children of working mothers)
Danish Lutheran Orphans Home, Elkhorn (Sisters of St Francis) est. 1892
Des Moines Home for Friendless Children, 2018 High St., Des Moines (1886 to 1889) (homeless) (M/F)
Ellin Orphans’ Home, Elk Horn – United Danish Lutheran Church (1892) (Danish orphans) (M/F)
Evangelical Lutheran Orphans Home, Waverly – Evangelical Lutheran Orphan Society (1863)
Evangelical Lutheran Orphans’ Home, Fort Dodge – Evangelical Lutheran Home Finding Society (1891)
Home for the Friendless, 519 North 15th St., Cedar Rapids (1884) (homeless) (M/F)
Iowa Children’s Home, 2340 East 9th St., Des Moines – Iowa Children’s Home Society (1888) (orphans, dependent, delinquent) (M/F)
Iowa Lutheran Orphans’ Home, Waverly (1863) (orphans, destitute) (M/F)
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home, 2800 Eastern Avenue. Davenport – State of Iowa (1862 or 1863) (orphans and dependents of soldiers) (M/F)
Lutheran Orphanage, Eighteenth Street and Sixth Avenue, South, Fort Dodge – Synod of Missouri, Ohio and other states (1901) (orphans, friendless, neglected) (M)
Polk County Juvenile Home, Fifteenth Street and Hull Avenue. Des Moines – County of Polk (1909) (dependent, neglected, delinquent) (M/F)
Receiving Home, 507 W. 4th St., Ottumwa – American Home Finding Association (1899) (homeless, friendless) (M/F)
St. Anthony’s Home, 24th and Ross Streets, Sioux City – Sisters of St Francis (1910) (homeless, neglected) (ages 2 to 14) (M/F)
St. Mary’s Orphan Home, Davis Lane, Dubuque – Sisters of St Francis (1878 or 1879) (orphans, destitute) (M/F)
St. Vincent’s Home, Gaines Street. Davenport – Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary (1896) (orphans, destitute) (M/F)
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Orphans’ Home, Stanton – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod (1881) (orphans, destitute) (Swedish children) (M/F)
United Norwegian Lutheran Orphans’ Home, Beloit – United Norwegian Lutheran Church (1890) (orphans, homeless, neglected) (M/F)
Some orphans were placed in children’s homes in neighboring states. Don’t forget to search the surrounding state orphanages. Try searching in Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and South Dakota.