German Roman Catholic Orphan Home - Archive
2 Comments Published by fixBuffalo on 12/03/2006 at 8:51 PM.
I'll keep track of various links relating to the German Roman Catholic Orphan Home. Here's the map. Make sure to check out this site, documenting the social history of this orphan home that includes a guest book with all sorts of entries from former residents. Another map shows the buildings and check out this 1915 map of Buffalo that provides additional context about the neighborhood and the city.
An archive of additional images is located here.
If you are interested in other Buffalo orphan homes, make sure to visit Buffalo Orphanage Studies.
Update - 12/5/10 - The social history documenting the GRCO is now available through the Internet Archive - here's that link, preserved.
An archive of additional images is located here.
If you are interested in other Buffalo orphan homes, make sure to visit Buffalo Orphanage Studies.
Update - 12/5/10 - The social history documenting the GRCO is now available through the Internet Archive - here's that link, preserved.
- 6/22/05 CAO on Dodge Street
- 10/29/05 Dodge Street...Demolition By Neglect
- 6/26/06 Reconnecting Buffalo
- 10/15/06 Orphaned in Toronto
- 10/19/06 Thursday Night in Toronto
- 10/25/06 Urbex in Buffalo...Orphaned History
- 2/4/07 Site Development?
- 7/5/08 Orphaned, Again...
- 7/23/09 St. Martin Village
- 9/17/09 St. Martin Village - Community Meeting
- More social history - The Freddie Malchow Story
- Chuck LiChiusa's Buffalo as Architectural Museum - German RC Orphan Home
- Various GRCO slide shows - follow these links to flickr slide shows
SMLG • OhLeanna • Demaliffe • Littlealien • Enigmatix
SJGardiner • Torontogal • PaperMonkey • Lopix
Lissyssil • Stranger Russian • Motionblur • Vacant Enigma
SJGardiner • Torontogal • PaperMonkey • Lopix
Lissyssil • Stranger Russian • Motionblur • Vacant Enigma
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Artspace • BAVPA • Woodlawn Row Houses • fixBuffalo flickr
Creative Class • Shrinking Cities • Saturdays in the Neighborhood
Artspace • BAVPA • Woodlawn Row Houses • fixBuffalo flickr
Creative Class • Shrinking Cities • Saturdays in the Neighborhood
I was a resident of the German Roman Catholic Orphan Home from approximately 1943 until 1952. I left there when ten years old.
It greatly disturbs me that the orphanage deteriorated and no longer exists. What a shame that such history and a great part of my life was allowed to slip away. I am heart broken.
I remember a thriving upper middleclass neighborhood that donated time and talent to the orphanage and its many children. Some children were there because one of the parents was sick and the other could not care for the child/children temporarily. We used to walk with the sisters to a nearby park and museum on occasion. Thank you Sisters and the Catholic Church for my faith that has sustained me all my sixty-eight years. I remember Sister Mary John and Sister Bonaventure who taught me important lessons I still carry with me today. I learned discipline, perseverance, and the difference between right and wrong. What lifelong blessings I received from being at that orphanage.
Nora - I've just linked to an archived version of the social history site that had been maintained by a former GRCO resident.