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Revision as of 11:47, 8 August 2008
Once the Plummer Farm School of Reform for Boys, now just simply, the Plummer Home for Boys, the home was started in 1855 with money bequeathed by Caroline Plummer. In 1955, it became a home for abandoned and neglected boys between the ages of 14 and 18. The 19th century home is tucked into a beautiful parcel of land at Winter Island in Salem Plummer is also well known for her contributions to the Salem Atheneum and endowment of the Professorship that bears her name at Harvard University; the Plummer Professorship of Christian Morals.
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- Plummer Home for Boys Home website
