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+1⁄2-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. The main building is the home of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.[2]: 5–6
Vigo County Home for Dependent Children | |
 Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, May 2010 | |
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| Location | 7140 Wabash Ave. east of Terre Haute, Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°29′16″N 87°18′21″W / 39.48778°N 87.30583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Miller, Martin |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000674[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 2000 |
In the1970's Glenn Home was the location of one of the most abusive orphanages in USA history. The abuses included psychological, emotional, physical and/or sexual on children as young as 10 years of age. To this day Vigo County, the Methodist Church of Indiana and other have not acknowledged the atrocities even though many of the former residents have come forward with their stories. https://www.facebook.com/glennhomeabuse [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Glory-June Greiff (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Vigo County Home for Dependent Children" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/glennhomeabuse [user-generated source]