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* 1880 - July 5, Wayne County Commissioners purchased 82.25 acres for $12,500 to purchase a home for children. | * 1880 - July 5, Wayne County Commissioners purchased 82.25 acres for $12,500 to purchase a home for children. | ||
− | * 1882 - March 20, J. B> | + | * 1882 - March 20, J. B> Pinkerton was the first Children's Home Superintendent |
* 1882 - Building needed essential renovation. | * 1882 - Building needed essential renovation. | ||
* 1940s - Family foster homes were found to care for the children. | * 1940s - Family foster homes were found to care for the children. |
Revision as of 05:54, 3 February 2023
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About
- Name
- Wayne County Childrens Home
- Health and Social Care
Facts
- Founded
- Date unknown
- Dissolved
- Date unknown
Related
Key Persons
Location
- 2534 Burbank Rd., Wooster, 44691, Ohio, United States
Quick Facts
- 1880 - July 5, Wayne County Commissioners purchased 82.25 acres for $12,500 to purchase a home for children.
- 1882 - March 20, J. B> Pinkerton was the first Children's Home Superintendent
- 1882 - Building needed essential renovation.
- 1940s - Family foster homes were found to care for the children.
- 1950s - Up to around the 1950s the Children's Home operated its own school having one teacher for all ages. Once the school closed children were sent to the Wooster public schools.
- 1960s through early 1970s - The number of children housed at the facility gradually declined.
- 1978 - Wayne County Commissioners