Summit County Children's Home New Unit, 1966
Title
Summit County Children's Home New Unit , 1966
Subject
Summit County Children's Home Houses Housing Buildings Exteriors Akron City of Akron Charities
Description
Photograph of Harper Hall , one of the new units of the Summit County Children's Home . Located at 264 S . Arlington in Akron , Ohio , the institution provided a home for children who were orphaned , abandoned , impoverished , neglected or temporarily placed . A growing social consciousness about children's welfare in the late nineteenth century led to the establishment of the home . Summit County commissioners purchased the seven-acre property of Dr . Mendal Jewett in 1889 and renovated it into the home . The house was adequate for 20 or 30 children , but there were 60 "inmates " by the early 1900s . Plans were drawn up for a new building in 1910 , and 100 children moved into the building in November of 1911 . At its peak , the home cared for about four hundred children , although placement in foster homes began to be favored over larger institutions . Gradually , the facility emptied its wards until all of the children had new places to live . The building was converted into offices for the Summit County Children Services Board .
Contributors
Akron Beacon Journal
Date
October 26 , 1966
Time period
1960s
Type
Image
Format
6 x 9.5 in.
Source
Children_Home_Summit_County_1966-75_2a.jpg
Verso Transcription
Children's Home / sunshine cottage , Harper Hall...one of the new units.. . / Beacon Journal Photograph OCT 26 1966 / Thursday NOV 2 1966 / Thursday NOV 3 1966
Relation
Akron Beacon Journal Photograph Collection
About the Collection
This collection includes photographs of Akron and Summit County, Ohio, selected from the archives of the Akron Beacon Journal and contributed through a partnership between the Akron Beacon Journal and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Images may include crop marks, blacking, opaquing, painting, retouching and other enhancements made prior to publication, including markings that may obscure or revise original elements of the photographs. These markings and enhancements have been left intact intentionally.
Rights
Copyright Beacon Journal Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproductions
http://www.summitmemory.org/cdm/abjreproductions
Sources Consulted
Price, Mark J. "Summit County Children's Home." In Lost Akron. Charleston, South Carolina: History Press, 2015.
Date created
August 17 2015
Date modified
August 17 2015
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