Former Home of the Friendless

ID: 1245 ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Eli Pousson ~ Date: 2015 November 13

This file appears in: Druid Health Center/Home of the Friendless

View of the former Home of the Friendless from Henry Highland Garnet Park.

This file appears in: Druid Health Center/Home of the Friendless

Druid Health Center/Home of the Friendless

The Home of the Friendless at 1313 Druid Hill Ave opened as a refuge for orphaned boys in 1870. An earlier institution, the Home of Friendless Vagrant Girls was established in 1854 on Pearl Steet. By 1860, it had moved to a new building on Druid…