Founded: Organized 1866
Location: Calvert and Pleasant Streets, Baltimore, MD

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Boy’s Home Society. Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 (Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company, 1894). Maryland State Archives

Additional Information

• Dates: 1866/02/26
  Notes: Boys’ Home Society organized.
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 43
• Dates: 1894
  Notes: BOYS’ HOME SOCIETY, is situated on the corner of Calvert and Pleasant streets, Baltimore. It was founded in 1866, the total cost of the property being $63,000. There have been received into the institution since it was founded 1,921 boys. The capacity of the building is 110. This institution is assisted by private contributions, and receives much substantial aid from the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Boys’ Home. The necessity of an institution of this character has been recognized, and the city of Baltimore appropriates annually the sum of $3,000, and the State of Maryland $1,000 towards its support.
  Source: Message of Frank Brown, Governor of Maryland, to the General Assembly at its Regular Session, January, 1894 Baltimore: Wm. J.C. Dullany Company: 75