Roselia Foundling Asylum and Maternity Hospital

Dates:

Established - June 16, 1891

Closed - 1971

Locations:

1st site - 3925 Forbes Avenue (Oakland)

2nd site - 1612 Cliff and Manilla Streets (Hill District)

3rd site - Bedford Avenue (1956)

4th site - 624 Clyde Street (Oakland) (Roselia Center)

Also Known As:

Roselia Founding and Maternity Hospital

Roselia Center

Founder:

Charles Donnelly

Sponsoring Agency:

Sisters of Charity

Notes:

Named for the wife of Mr. Donnelly; he donated the house on Forbes Avenue.

Location of Records:

Sisters of Charity, DePaul Center, Mt. Thor Road, Greensburg, PA 15601 ; 412-836-0406

Sources:

PA Department Vertical Files (Unwed Mothers)

Pittsburgh Photographic Library (Social Services - 3)

1933 Directory of Social Agencies

1943 Directory of Social Resources

1968 Directory of Health and Welfare Services

Catholic Charities

Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 28-32 (Provides a brief history of the institution and a list of residents from the 1910 Census. This was the 3rd Ward of Pittsburgh - ED 304, Sheets 16A - 17B)

Roselia Foundling Asylum, 1950