Illinois Masonic Orphans Home

Walking Tour of LaGrange Historic District - Tour #1

Illinois Masonic Orphans Home

La Grange, Illinois 60525, United States

Created By: LaGrange Area Historical Society

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339 S 9th Ave – Illinois Masonic Orphans Home – (now Meadowbrook Manor) –The Illinois Grand Lodge selected a tract of land in LaGrange to be the location for their New Orphans Home. On March 15, 1911, seventy eight children from all over Illinois moved into their new home on Goodman and 9th Ave in LaGrange. Cholera and the Spanish Flu spread quickly thereafter creating more orphans. In 1919 two dormitories were erected to adjoin the main building as wings on the north and south side. Adjoining the south wing was a hospital. At its peak, the number of children under care in LaGrange grew to 314 in 1931. These wings and hospital were removed in 2018 when Meadowbrook Manor remodeled the space.

This point of interest is part of the tour: Walking Tour of LaGrange Historic District - Tour #1


 

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