The dormer windows seen in the images above on the main building were removed sometime prior to 1949. The surrounding cottages and other buildings were demolished in various stages in 1948 / 1949 to make way for new 'more modern' structures.
Those buildings; "Alden", "Leach" and "Owen" hall still stand today.
See the images on the 1949 - Present page
Many images currently found on this site are courtesy of the Pi-Kappa-Alpha Fraternity who reside in the main house,
the Vigo County Public Library, and the Indiana Historical Society.
Used by permission- all other uses restricted.
Please visit www.glennhomeorphanage/homestead.com to view the original Glenn Home site.
The website is currently being remodeled at this url.
Thank you.
The former Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, better known as Glenn Home, was located on a hill overlooking U.S. 40, about 5 miles east of Terre Haute in the small community of Glenn. The Home ceased operation in 1979.
Built in 1903 on the new “cottage plan”, the original grounds consisted of an administration building containing offices, housing for staff, school rooms, and a dining facility as well as three unattached, identical dormitories. Barns and other outbuildings completed the campus as it was a full, self-containing, working farm.
Currently, the fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha of Rose Hulman Institute of Technology resides in the main building and keep up the grounds. The Main house and Boiler House still stand as well as cottages and a gymnasium built between 1926 and 1949.
The Main house and Boiler house were honored with being
added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Within these pages you will find reflections of a peice of history long a memory.
These pages last updated: March 29, 2008
This website is dedicated to those who resided at and / or worked as staff members at the home during its years of operations.
We would be honored to hear from anyone
formerly affiliated with the Home; be they a prior resident, staff, or county official.
Many of the historical images of Glenn Home and various other community events are courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis.
They do offer reproductions of these images. If you are interested, please call Library Reference at (317) 234-0321 or visit their webpage
for information, costs and an order request page. These are top quality reproductions from the original negative or print.
Responses to reference requests may require up to two to three weeks to accomplish. Requests are answered in order of receipt, but if a more prompt reply is needed, please call Library Reference at (317) 234-0321
