| Official Name: | Veith House |
| Mapsize: | 275px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Halifax Regional Municipality |
| Subdivision Type3: | Planning area |
| Subdivision Name3: | Halifax Peninsula |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1857 |
| Established Title2: | Demolished by the Halifax Explosion |
| Established Date2: | 1917 |
| Established Title3: | Rebuilt |
| Established Date3: | 1919 |
| Population As Of: | 2006 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Postal Code: | B3K 3G9 |
| Blank Name: | Present at the time of the explosion |
| Blank Info: | One staff and twenty children |
| Blank1 Name: | Number of survivors |
| Blank1 Info: | Six |
| Footnotes: | Places in Nova Scotia |
Veith House is an organization whose mission is to meet the needs of children, individuals and families, with empowerment as an ever-present goal. It is located at 3115 Veith St in the North End of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is just down the hill from one of Halifax's landmarks, The Hydrostone.
Veith House's history dates back to the 1800s. The Halifax Protestant Orphanage (also known as the Protestant Orphan's Home) was in existence from 1857 to 1969. The orphanage was founded by Reverend Robert Fitzgerald Uniacke (rector of St. George Church) in 1857 and was previously located on North Park Street. This became home to a countless number of children, both girls and boys. Among those who worked there as staff during the 1890s was matron Lucy Anne Rogers Butler, an educator and social worker who had spent her early 30s documenting her 1870s travel experiences with her sea captain husband.[1] [2]
The orphanage was relocated to Veith Street where it was destroyed in the Halifax Explosion in 1917, claiming the lives of both children and staff. Of the 21 people present in the building at the time of the explosion, only six survived. At this site, a monument has been erected commemorating the lives of the children and staff members lost in the disaster.
Post-explosion, the orphanage was rebuilt, but by 1969 the orphanage closed its doors. The property was then transferred to the Halifax Children's Foundation, to be used as the Veith House Community Centre and is still running today.