Vigo County Home for Dependent Children

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, May 2010
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Location	7140 Wabash Ave. east of Terre Haute, Indiana
Coordinates	39°29′16″N87°18′21″W / 39.48778°N 87.30583°W / 39.48778; -87.30583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1903 (1903)
Architect	Miller, Martin
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	00000674 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 15, 2000

Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, also known as the Glenn Home, is a historic orphanage located in Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana. The main building was built in 1903, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a hipped and gabled roof and features a semi-circular, two-story portico with four Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing former boiler house (now demolished). The main building is the home of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. ^{[2] : 5–6}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016.Note: This includes Glory-June Greiff (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Vigo County Home for Dependent Children" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs