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In 1871, a separate house for the aged, of both sexes, was erected. This was 120x45 feet, four stories in height. About the same time, a dispensary for the poor was opened, fol- lowed, in a few months, by an embryo hospital, which was established in the new home. In 1873, a separate house, 35x70 feet, was erected for a hospital, which was opened on St. John's day (December 27th) of that year, and was named St. John's Hospital. The grounds were enlarged by the pur- chase of 35 additional lots, and, in 1877, was commenced the erection of a larger building, 140 feet on Atlantic avenue, by 95 feet on Albany avenue, and five stories high. This build- ing was completed at an expense of $90,000. It is massive and elegant, and contains 140 beds. Herein are provided the most skillful physicians and surgeons, the personal care of devoted deaconesses, and the consolations of the church, where services in a chapel opening into every ward, are heard by all. A resident physician and a chaplain are als) included in the staff of workers.
This latest addition to the equipment of the Long I lan Church stands in complete working order, rising grandly at the intersection of the broadest avenue in our city, and a rapidly developing thoroughfare, with its massive basement of smoothly-dressed sandstone, its lofty walls of fine brick. its amplo lights for rooms or wards, its great window of stained glass, with its wide and high corridors, its sunny and elegant private rooms, its clean and capacions wards, ite manifokl appliances for comfort and health, and its spacious, convenient and handsome chapel, altogether constituting s Hospital, pronounced by experienced observers as unsur- passed in its adaptation to its purposes by any similar insti- tution in the country.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
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ORPHANS' HOME, ON THE CHURCH CHARITY FOUNDATION.
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ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL, ON THE CHURCH CHARITY FOUNDATION.
980
HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
The construction of the Hospital, ineluding its furniture, has added not less than $112,000 to the previously existing possessions of the Foundation ; and competent persons esti- mate that, as it stands, finished, fitted, and furnished, it could be replaced for not less than $150,000.
The endowments consist of amounts variously contributed and permanently invested for the purposes of the Founda- tion. General endowment, $66,119; hospital endowment, $12,127.93; total, $78,246.93. The real property of the Foundation is valued at $268,000; to this add the endow- ments, $8,246.937, and legacies to be received, $7,500, gives as total amount of assets, $353,746.93. The significance of these figures cannot be overlooked. The united charities, from a feeble beginning, have accumulated at the rate of $10.000 a year, for more than thirty years. And, in addi- tion to this, the annual contributions for expenses approx- imate a su equal to the unincumbered value of the property.
From its very beginning, this work has drawn to itself such interest and liberality as to stamp it unmistakably with the seals of necessity and popularity. For five years the Hos-
ing the last nine years, the beneficiaries of the Founda- tion have averaged: aged people 50; orphans, 80; sick, 25.
Its first Presidents were : Rev. Francis Vinton, D.D., who served three years; Rev. W. H. Lewis, D.D., who served four years; Rev. Thomas Guion, D.D., who served three years; and Rev. A. N. Littlejolin, D.D., who served by election until his connection to the bishopric of L. I., in 1869; since which he has been President, ex-officio.
OFFICERS in 1884 were: Rt. Rev. N. Littlejohn, Pres .; Charles Hall, D. D., Vice-Pres .; Carlos A. Butler, Esq .. Sec'y ; and Edwin Beers, Treas.
The Brooklyn Children's Aid Society .- This Society was originated at the house of Hon. S. B. Chittenden, on the evening of January 13, 1866. Its objects are : " The protec- tion, care and shelter of friendless and vagrant youth; fur- nishing them with food, raiment and lodging; aiding and administering to their wants; providing them with occupa- tion; instructing them in moral and religious truth, and in the rudiments of education; and endeavoring to make them virtuous and useful citizens."
BROOKLYN -
LAILORE KOP
AID-SOCIETYE
THE NEWSBOYS' HOME OF THE BROOKLYN CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.
pital work has been supported by the income from its endow- ments, and the contributions to its purposes. It has also attracted for building purposes, in the same period of five years, at the annual rate of $20,000. Further, it has received by voluntary contributions, often of the most affecting asso- ciations, the furniture, and even the decorations of offices, rooms and wards, to the value of more than $12,000. Its absolute freedom from debt has enabled the Foundation to have its first conscerated chapel on unincumbered ground. As might be expected, such a spontaneously developed energy has exerted effects instantly appreciable upon the older activities by its side. Beds in the Orphan House have been generously endowed; and large sums have been devised, by a will now in probate, to each of the three great works of the Institution, which bequests are known to have been prompted by the unflagging persistence shown by the prosecutors of the enterprise in behalf of the sick and wounded.
The Foundation has always maintained an excellent primary school for the orphaus, and it has a chaplain to care for the spiritual and moral welfare of the inmates. Dur-
The foremost citizens of Brooklyn have served on the Board of Trustees, and the story of the Society is one of con- stant and vigorous growth. Wm. A. Lawrence, as general superintendent, organized the work; and the generous gifts of Frederick Marquand, Chauncey Rose, H. B. Claflin, S. B. Chittenden, and many others, with the most careful business management, have kept the Society above pressing want. It has constantly reached out for more work, year by year. Its first institution, The Newsboys' Home, 61 Poplar street, was opened September 1st, 1866. The special relief department began work June 1st. 1867, furnishing homes and work for children. Two Industrial Schools organized the same year.
By September 1st, 1867, another Home was in full operation at 139 Van Brunt street, Sonth Brooklyn.
Within another year, the Newsboys' Home proved too small, and the adjoining house and lot, 57 l'oplar street, were bought and fitted np. During the same year-October 21, 1868-the Sewing-machine School for girls was organized, and has been in successful operation ever since.
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CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
The departments of work conducted up to 1872 were : Two Newsboys' Homes; a Special Relief Department; Sewing- Machine School, two Industrial Schools, and two Night- Schools for Boys. In the summer of 1872, Mr. Lawrence or- ganized and carried out a series of excursions for mothers and children to the sea-shore.
On April 1st, 1873, Mr. Lawrence resigned the general superintendence of the Society, and Richard D. Douglass was appointed to the position.
The picnics for mothers and children were continued dur- ing the summer of 1873, under the care of Mr. Wm. Kirkby, the work having largely increased. Mr. Douglass assumed the conduct of the "Fresh Air Fund Excursions" in 1874, and carried them on each summer, until, in 1876, by the munificence of Alfred T. White, who presented a new build- ing, fully furnished, to the Society, the Seaside Home for Children was opened at Coney Island. From the small be- ginnings of two or three mothers, sent to the sea-shore to board for a few days for the benefit of their babies' health, the work has assumed the proportious indicated by the fol- lowing statistics : (See, also, page 197).
YEAR.
NO. WEEKS OPEN.
NO. CHILDREN RECEIVED.
NO. MOTHERS RECEIVED.
TOTALS.
1876
10
619
214
833
1877 ..
13
1,601
565
2.166
18-8.
13
1,921
648
2,569
1879
13
2.423
805
3,228
1880.
13
2.821
1,051
3,872
1881
1316
3.152
1.083
4.235
LS82
13
3,168
1.202
4,370
1883.
13
3.383
1,218
4,601
Total.
19,088
6,786
25,-74
On January 1st, 1881, the Society, in addition to its other work, established a Day Nursery for young children, in con- nection with the Industrial School, in Van Brunt street. This Society owes much of its success to the untiring efforts of William A. Lawrence, general superintendent for the first seven years of its life, and William Kirkby, who was super- ntendent of the Newsboys' Home from its foundation till July 4th, 1880, when the Master called him to a higher ser- vice.
The following gentlemen have served as Presidents of the Society :- Hon. S. B. Chittenden, James R. Taylor, Dwight Johnson, Henry R. Jones, Charles A. Denny, James P. Wal- ace and Michael Snow. General Superintendents : Wm. Appleton Lawrence, from 1866, for seven years; Richard D. Douglass, from 1873 to the present time, ten years. Super- ntendent of Newsboys' Home, Wm. Kirkby, from September st, 1866, to his decease, July 4th, 1880 ; since which time Mrs. Wm. Kirkby has been in charge.
The Van Brunt Street Home was maintained for boys un- il 1867, when it was found best to concentrate work at Pop- ar street, and at the same time enlarge the Industrial School. E. Whitney conducted this Home as Superintend- nt up to the date of closing the Home, as a lodging house or boys. Miss M. H. Robinson continues to serve as Princi- al of the Industrial School.
The breadth and scope of the work of this Society is best hown by the following statistics, which represents only a art of the work done by the Brooklyn Children's Aid So- iety, from the commencement of its work, September 1st, 866, to November 1, 1883, a period of 17 years and 2 months : ,194 children sent to good homes in the country; 6,160 chil- ren sent to good homes in the city; 7,581 girls taught on he sewing machine ; 10,334 boys taken in from the streets ; 6,011 mothers and children sent to the Seaside Home; 37,018 rticles of clothing distributed to children; 558,593 lodgings
furnished to street boys; 1,611,026 meals furnished to the hungry; $60,129.93 received from the boys, in part payment for their food and shelter.
The Society has erected a new Newsboys' Home during the past year, and it is regarded by many as the model Home for this kind of work. A cut of this building appears at the head of this notice.
The Convent of the Sisters of Mercy was founded by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy, and incorporated March 8th, 1865. It is located on Willoughby avenue, between Classon and Graham avenues. The objects of the Order of the Sisters of Mercy are to provide for and educate orphan and destitute children ; to visit the sick in their homes, and convicts in prisons and jails ; and to establish and maintain hospitals, infirmaries and other charities.
This convent was commenced in 1862, and completed in 1863. It was built of brick, with a height of four stories, a front of 160 and a depth of 26 feet ; with wings from either end extending to the rear, each 135 feet. The rooms are large and airy, and the building is well suited to its pur- poses, having a capacity for 200 inmates, and school accom- modations for more than 600 pupils. The institution is sup- ported by receipts from a select school, by the labor of its inmates, by donations, and by aid from the city. Its prop- erty is estimated to be worth about $140,000.
Home for the Aged, in charge of The Little Sisters of the Poor .- This order was founded at St. Servan, in Brittany, in 1840, by Abbé le Pailleur, a young priest. The work was commenced by two laboring girls, aged respectively 18 and 16, who devoted themselves to the care of the aged and in- firm poor. From this modest beginning the order spread till, in 1880, it numbered 188 houses, 22 of which were in America. The first house in this country was opened in Brooklyn.
In 1868, Rev. Ernst M. Lelievre made the necessary arrange- ments for the establishment of an institution here, and on the 13th of September, seven Little Sisters took possession of three adjoining houses at 608 DeKalb avenue, capable of sheltering about forty old people. In about eighteen months they secured a plot of ground on the corner of Bushwick and DeKalb avenues, and commenced the erection of one wing of the present Home. By the aid of an appropriation from the Legislature in 1870, they were enabled to build the central part, containing the chapel, and afterwards the east- ern wing.
The building is of brick, three stories in height, 180 feet long by 72 deep; well supplied with cooking and laundry fixtures, with accommodations for 275 old persons, which number is kept quite full.
Every day two Sisters call at the various hotels, restau- rants, and private houses, collecting broken victuals, coffee grounds, tea, old clothing, etc. The butchers, grocers and provision dealers contribute largely to the support of the Home.
A branch Home has been established on Fifth avenue, at the corner of 21st street, where a new building is in process of construction, similar to the one on DeKalb avenue.
Convent of the Good Shepherd (the Order of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd). The Order was first established in 1561 at Angers, in France, by the venerable John Eudes, and was introduced into the United States in 1843. The object of the order is the reformation of fallen women and the pre_ servation of young girls in habits of virtue. After reclama_ tion, if they desire, they are admitted to the Order of the Sisters of St. Mary Magdalen, and live in retirement. The institution also provides for unmanageable, vicious children, and for orphans. The house was established in Brooklyn,
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HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
May 8th, 1868, in a brick building on Henry strect, near Atlantic. In May, 1872, -they removed to the corner of Atlantic and East New York avenues. In 1872, a new and larger building was commeneed at the corner of Dean street and Rockaway avenue, which is now occupied by the Sisters and a large number of inmates. The grounds occupied by the establishment comprise an entire square. At this house, many who desire to reform present themselves; others are placed iu it by friends, or by the authorities. Schools for the younger inmates are constantly maintained. Fifty sisters are here at present engaged in this good work.
The Female Employment Society .- This beneficent organ- ization was originated in March, and incorporated April 19, in 1854, for the purpose of giving remunerative employment to poor women. It originally numbered six officers and thirty- four mauagers, which number has since been retained. The first BOARD OF OFFICERS was composed of Mrs. Luqueer, Mrs. A. A. Low, Mrs. Catlin, MIrs. M. F. Odell, Mrs. P. Romeyn, and Miss M. Lord. Mrs. Low has been the President from the first.
The Society owns the building, No. 93 Court street (its head-quarters), and gives employment to many poor women at more remunerative rates than they would obtain else- where. Aside from the sale of the work manufactured by these poor women, the association is supported by charity. Frec instruction is given in needle-work and in the use of the sewing machine. Cases of sickness and destitution among the employees receive prompt attention. The OFFICERS for 1883-'84 are: Mrs. A. A. Low, Pres .; Miss Peet, Vice-Pres .; Mrs. William Brooks, See .; Miss Star, Asst. Scc .; Miss A. A. Bidell, Treas .; Miss Baltzell, Asst. Trcas.
The Good Samaritan .- While travelling in Norway, in 1873, MIr. M. S. Beach observed the practical working of an association for supplying food, ready cooked, to the poor, at the lowest possible price, and conceived the idea of establish- ing a similar enterprise here. After his return, the matter was considered by Mr. Beach and several other benevolent citi- zens, among whom were: A. S. Barnes, F. A. Schroeder, D. D. Wickes, Alexander Ager, Alanson Trask, John S. Ward, Tas- ker H. Marvin, S. V. White, A. P. Strout, James E. Kelsey, Robert Foster and S. N. Stebbins. The result was the organi- zation on the 25th of January, 1877, of an association under the above name. The object, as set forth in the original articles of Association, was to furnish food and lodging to the needy at the lowest possible price.
The house was first opened at 35 Willoughby street, and in the following May was removed to 45, in the same street. In 1880 the present building was erected, by the subscribers to the Samaritan, on the corner of Willoughby and Jay streets.
The Association is now established on a sound financial basis, and during the year 1881, the Nassau Branch was es- tablished on the corner of Nassau and Washington streets.
This institution supplies a great desideratum. The poor are here furnished with food and shelter, at prices barely re- munerative, withont feeling that they are the recipients of charity. It is a significant fact that the example of the found- ers of this establishment is being followed elsewhere. A. S. Barnes is President of the Association. The other OFFICERS for 1883-'84 are: S. N. Stebbins, Vice-Pres .; F. D. Blake, See'y ; Moses S. Beach, Treas.
The Greenpoint Home for the Aged was incorporated Nov. 20, 1882, with the following MANAGERS: Mrs. S. E. Dougherty, Mrs. E. A. Clarke, Mrs. A. F. Cornell, MIrs. H. V. Church, Mrs. M. E. Shaffer, Mrs. C. Broad, Mrs. M. R. Barnhart, Mrs. L. R. Broad, Mrs. E. H. Corwith, Mrs. J. E. Van Woert, Mrs. J. G. Manson, Mrs. S. Clarke, Miss A. Anderson, Mrs. S. C. Finkol, Mrs. E. M. Taylor, Mrs. S. A. Calkin, Mrs. E. F.
Briggs, Mrs. M. A. Bradley, Mrs. L. E. Jenkins and Mrs. A. S. Nutting. Of these, Mrs. E. Finkel was President ; Mrs. S. E. Dougherty and Mrs. J. H. Broad, Vice-Presidents ; Mrs. G. E. Bradley, Mrs. J. S. Ogilvie, Secretaries; Mrs. E. D. Church, Treasurer ; and this board of officers has since been re-elected. The organization originally numbered 22, which has since been increased to 40. May 1st, 1882, the house at 69 Dupont street was rented, and formally opened June 15th; it now contains 9 inmates with accommodations for as many more.
German Ladies' Association .- The German element of our population is mostly self-supporting, but occasionally a case deserving of charity is found. In 1874, an association was formed among the German ladics of the Western District, for the purpose of aiding poor Germans. Its President was Mirs. F. A. Dreyer, and Vicc-President Mrs. H. Strybing. The as- sociation added to its uumbers until it now has 150 members. In 1877, it was incorporated. It is entirely a voluntary work, and depends upon contributions for support. It aims to help the needy only until they can help themselves. Its members visit personally the families in their respective districts, and give help as necded. Over 5,000 eases have been reached since the association began its work. The present OFFICERS are: Mrs. H. Strybing, Pres .; Mrs. B. Westermann, Vice-Pres .; Mrs. W. Pohnayder, Rec. See .; Mrs. P. Lichtenstein, See.
The Helping Hand .- In the winter of 1871, several ladies, mostly of the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, formed a relief association to aid temporarily the worthy poor.
An investigating committee was appointed, and, after several efforts, an organization perfected July 24, 1871. Its objects were: 1st. To establish a charity foundation. 2d. To improve the coudition of the poor. 3d. To instruct women in useful employment. 4th. To give temporary relief in cases of need. 5th. To establish evening and industrial schools. 6th. To distribute contributious. The first TRUSTEES were: Stephen Ballard, Colin Campbell, J. T. Duryea, Richard B. Duane, James W. Elwell, H. H. Lamport, Curtis L. North, E. B. Rollins, J. S. Stearns, Edmund Titus, Wm. H. Smith, Henry G. Richardson, James Willson. The first BOARD OF OFFICERS were: Jas. W. Elwell, Pres .; H. B. Spehnan, John Freuch, Mrs. H. M. Scudder, Mrs. H. Dickinson, Mrs. H. Dollner, Vice-Pres .; Audrew Smith, Rec. Sec .; Miss Meacham, Cor. Sec .; H. HI. Lamport, Trcas. In 1874, the Helping Hand added a Dispensary to its other aids, with Dr. Scudder as the first physician in charge. Since his decease, Dr. Archibald Campbell has held the position. The OFFICERS for 1883-'84 are: Jas. W. Elwell, Pres .; A. S. Barnes, Rev. T. B. McLeod, Hon. J. F. Picree, Vicc-Pres .; J. F. Anderson, Jr., Rec. Sec .; Miss MI. A. Berry, Cor. See .; Mrs. A. P. Strout. Treas. The TRUSTEES are: J. W. Elwell, A. S. Barnes, J. F. Anderson, Jr., J. F. Pierce, D. D. Ives, F. G. Smith. A. P. Strout, W. T. Gregg, J. Mix, C. D. Wood, Rev. E. J. Ilaynes.
The OFFICERS of the Board of Managers for 1883-84 are: Mrs. J. F. Pierce, Pres .; Mrs. W. T. Hemmenway, Vice-Pres. Mrs. W. F. Swahn, Mrs. I. N. Thatcher, Secretaries; MIrs. . 1 Strout, Treas.
The Home for Friendless Women and Children of Brooklyn. In 1868, Mrs. Catharine Duryea Elwell became interested in three poor women in the Raymond Street Jarl, who had been punished for crimes growing out of inten- perate habits ; and, on their discharge, for the sake of pre- serving them from a relapse into intemperance and from idle habits, she, with three of her friends, determined to main- tain them until occupation and homes could be found for them. Finally, rooms were taken on C'anton street, near the Jail, Mr. James Elwell paying the rent for six months, and the four friends contributing the necessary furniture. This
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CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
HOME FOR FRIENOLESS
WOMEN & CHIL
TEMPORARY HOME FOR FRIENDLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
xperiment proved so encouraging that, before long, eight romen and two children were added to the little family on 'anton street. In May, 1869, the infant Society rented a mall frame house on Bergen street, to "establish a refuge or all who desired to reform, and offer them opportunities o lead a better life." 156 women and 69 little children were heltered in 1869. A few months later, the Society was in- ormally organized: Mrs. J. P. Elwell, Pres .; Miss Meacham, 'ec. The first annual meeting was held April 4. 1870, in )r. Cuyler's church. That same month, a larger house on Bergen street was taken and rapidly filled. In that year, 400 women and children were admitted, and more than 48,000 neals furnished, but the pecuniary condition of the Society vas discouraging. It was sustained solely by the bounty of riends. The need of more system became apparent. Accord- ngly the Society was incorporated April 28, 1870, by the ollowing corporators : Elvira C. Jackson, Catharine Duryea Clwell, Carrie E. Brett, Sarah M. Trask, Martha B. Cutting, Carrie McDonald, Lizzie G. Meachamn, Elizabeth L. Rosman, Maria W. Heaton, Stella Mitchell, Sarah S. Cooper, Adriana Jenung, Ann E. Martin, Sarah B. Baylis, Urania B. Hum- hrey, Laura C. Douglass, Elizabeth W. Wyckoff, Letitia W. Allis, Mary E. Hartt, Allitta Duryea, Ellen Woolsey, Abigail Bulkeley, Mary S. Delamater, Janet Tiney, Ella C. Knowl- on, Ann Brown, Sara A. Pryor, A. J. Eaton, Harriet L. Packer, Mary White, Frances M. Allen, Margaret S. Barnes, Harriet Shieldon, Mary L. Stone, and Caroline O. Bogart. $10,000 was appropriated by the State, $19,000 more col- ected, and the present home on Concord street was pur-
chased for $30,000, and was furnished and occupied May, 1871. Since that time it has been filled to its utmost capacity, with an annual average of about 600 inmates. More than 10,000 different women and children have been sheltered by the home since its organization.
The OFFICERS for 1883-'84 are as follows: Mrs. W. S. Packer, Pres .; Mrs. D. S. Landon, First Vice-Pres .; Mrs. S. V. White, Second Vice-Pres .; Mrs. D. G. Eaton, Treas .; Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan, Mrs. John D. Ruslımore.
The Brooklyn Howard Colored Orphan Asylum .- This charity grew out of the need that was felt, by the freed women who came North, of homes for their children. By the advice of Gens. O. O. Howard and C. H. Howard, an as- sociation was forined in 1866, in New York, which was after- wards removed to Brooklyn, and incorporated, September 7, 1868, under the above name. The buildings are situated on Dean street, near Troy avenue, where the Society owns sev- eral lots. There are accommodations for about 100 children. A day-school and a Sunday-school are maintained. The OFFICERS for 1883-'84 are: Mrs. L. A. Cooper, First Directress ; Mrs. A. Gladiator, Second Directress ; Mrs. M. Augusta Johnson, Treas .; Miss F. Richards, Miss G. Cooper, Secre- taries; Rev. W. F. Johnson, Supt. and Gen. Agent.
The Home Association for Working Women and Girls was first organized, in 1879, as a voluntary society, mainly through the efforts of Miss Mary Lewis, Mrs. Jolin McLeod, Mrs. Helen B. Partridge, Mrs. C. Benson, Mrs. Geo. Stannard, and Miss Carrie Pratt. The object of the association is the furnishing of a homelike boarding-place for working women and girls at a price proportioned to their wages. The associa- tion was incorporated in 1879, and in its work it has been very successful. Its location has been several times re- moved to cnlarge its accommodations. It is now (1884) located at No. 175 Hall street. Mrs. Helen D. Parsons was President from the incorporation of the association until 1892, when Mrs. H. D. Partridge was elected; the other OFFI- CERS for 1883-'84 are: Mrs. Geo. Stannard, Vice-Pres .; Mrs. Jas. H. Taft, Jr., and Miss Etta Adams, Secretarics; Miss Mary E. Lewis, Treas .; Miss C. A. Pratt, Auditor.
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