Vigo County Home for Dependent Children explained

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children
Location:7140 Wabash Ave. east of Terre Haute, Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana
Coordinates:39.4878°N -87.3058°W
Architect:Miller, Martin
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:June 15, 2000
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:00000674

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 -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.[1]

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 [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Vigo County Home for Dependent Children. 2016-07-01. Glory-June Greiff . PDF. June 1999. and Accompanying photographs
  2. https://www.facebook.com/glennhomeabuse