- The New York
House of Refuge was the
first juvenile reformatory established in the
United States. It
opened in 1824 on the
Bowery in Manhattan, New York...
- The
Western House of Refuge was a
prison for
children in Rochester, New York
founded in the mid-1800's that was the
first state managed reformatory in...
- The
Houses of Refuge in
Florida were a
series of stations operated by the
United States Life
Saving Service along the
coast of Florida to
rescue and shelter...
- The
House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar, also
known as Gilbert's Bar
House of Refuge, the
House of Refuge Museum, or
simply the
House of Refuge, is a historic...
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additional structure for
women opened at the
House of Refuge in 1860. The
House of Refuge consisted of numerous three-and-four-story
Italianate buildings...
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founded in 1826 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the
Philadelphia House of Refuge. In 1892, the
school relocated to its
current campus in Glen Mills...
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proceeds of which were used to
support the institution. The
first Act
governing houses of refuge, An Act
respecting Houses of Refuge for
Females was...
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original House of Refuge was
built in 1860 on the same
property as a home for "vagrants, the dissolute, and for idiots". The
House of Refuge became the...
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printing houses) and the "
houses of refuge" used by the
communities expelled from
France in the
early 20th century.
Since the
establishment of the Carthusians...
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built the
Orange Grove House of Refuge to
rescue and
shelter ship-wrecked sailors. The
house derived its name from the
grove of mature sour
orange and...
