Pythian Children's Home in Springfield   Save
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Description: The photograph shows the Knights of Pythias Children's Home in Springfield, Ohio. It was located just north of Wittenberg College, now Wittenberg University, at the intersection of McCreight Avenue and North Fountain Boulevard where the Fountain Campus of the Springfield Regional Medical Center is presently located. The city of Springfield donated the site for the home and the funds for the building and its maintenance were provided by the Order of Knights of Pythias, a fraternal brotherhood of the Masonic Order. The Springfield home was the first the order constructed, opening in 1894. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_048_001
Subjects: Children--Institutional care; Orphanages; Knights of Pythias
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)