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To meet the growing demand for more beds, a larger brick building was built at 215 Lafayette St. in 1863. By 1914, 75 children and a small number of indigent elderly woman lived there. The home was burned down in the great Salem Fire of 1914. Afterwords, all the children were brought to Danvers to live temporarily at St. John's Preparatory School. | To meet the growing demand for more beds, a larger brick building was built at 215 Lafayette St. in 1863. By 1914, 75 children and a small number of indigent elderly woman lived there. The home was burned down in the great Salem Fire of 1914. Afterwords, all the children were brought to Danvers to live temporarily at St. John's Preparatory School. | ||
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Revision as of 10:05, 20 June 2008
The City Orphan Asylum was actually established by Thomas Looby, a private citizen. In 1866, Looby bought a building for an orphanage at the intersection of Washington and Bridge Streets. The home was staffed by the nuns from the Sister of Charity. To meet the growing demand for more beds, a larger brick building was built at 215 Lafayette St. in 1863. By 1914, 75 children and a small number of indigent elderly woman lived there. The home was burned down in the great Salem Fire of 1914. Afterwords, all the children were brought to Danvers to live temporarily at St. John's Preparatory School.
