Fairfax Baby Home

Dates:

Established - June 26, 1910

Closed - Before 1923 ?

Locations:

1st site - Cherokee Street (Schenley Heights)

2nd site - 7328 Susquehanna Street (Homewood)

Also Known As:

Founder:

Rev. T.H.C. Messer, Good Hope Baptist Church (Lawrenceville)

Sponsoring Agency:

Notes:

"For the purpose of caring for deserted infants and indigent negro children."

Location of Records:

Unknown

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)

Directory of Institutions in Pennsylvania, 1916 **(r361 P3993)**

Directory of the Philanthropic Agencies of the City of Pittsburgh, 1913, 1917 **(r361 K27)**