Pittsburgh Newsboys Home

Dates:

Established - 1888

Closed - 1950

Locations:

1st site - Forbes Avenue and High Street

2nd site - Old Avenue and Shingiss Street (1895)

3rd site - Grant and Webster Streets - Grace Church

4th site - Stevenson and Locust Streets

5th site - Gross Street and Winebiddle Avenue (Friendship)

6th site - 5533 Ellsworth Avenue

Also Known As:

Kay House

Branch: Kay Boys' Club (est. 1931 - 2038 Bedford Avenue ; 1908 Wylie Avenue

Branch: Shadyside Boys' Club (est. 1950)

Branch: Kay and Shadyside Boys' Clubs (est. 1960 - 5512 Brownell Street - Shadyside)

Founder:

Thomas P. Druitt - printer

Sponsoring Agency:

Pittsburgh Newsboys' Home, Inc.

Notes:

Between 1943 and 1947, became known as Kay House.

Location of Records:

Unknown

Some boys are named in the Vertical File articles.

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)

Pittsburgh Photographic Library (Social Services - 13)

1895 Greater Pittsburg Handbook

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1947 Directory of Community Services

1950 Directory of Community Services

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