Davis Home for Colored Children

Dates:

Established - 1907

Closed - 1956-1960

Locations:

1st site - Lawrenceville

2nd site - 6716 Simonton Avenue, Point Breeze

Also Known As:

Davis Temporary Home for Colored Children (by 1913)

Davis Temporary Home & Day Nursery (by 1917)

Founder:

George W. Davis

Fanny Louise Davis

Sponsoring Agency:

Colored Women's Relief Association of Western Pennsylvania

Notes:

Title name by 1923.

Location of Records:

Unknown

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)

Directory of the Philanthropic Agencies of the City of Pittsburgh, 1913, 1917, 1923, 1928 **(r361 K27)**

1933 Directory of Social Agencies

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1956 Directory of Health and Welfare Services