history images Mound City on the Mississippi Home Page
image menu Buildings, Sites, and Objects People, Places, and Things Events, Incidents, and Occurrences Bibliography

structures


Name:  St. Louis Colored Orphans´ Home
Address:  2612 Annie Malone Drive
Year:  1922
Standard Architectural Styles:  Colonial Revival
Ethnic Group:  African-American
Front facade:  Brick, common bond
Property Type Codes:  Social Service Building
Designation: National Register of Historic Places
Ward:  4
Neighborhood:  57
History:
The St. Louis Colored Orphans´ Home was first organized in 1881. In 1919, Annie Turbo-Malone, a prominent African-American businesswoman and Ville resident, became its president and donated $10,000 for the construction of a new building. Although Malone relocated to Chicago in 1930, she remained president of the organization until 1943. In 1946, the home was renamed in her honor. [Toft, Josse: St. Louis Landmarks p. 174]

The building provided housing for the care of 35 children between the ages of five and fourteen.




People
Malone, Annie Turnbo Pope

Structures
Annie Malone Children´s Home

Reference
St. Louis: Landmarks and Historic Districts 2002

St. Louis Colored Orphans´ Home

 

 

people • structures • events • sources • home
about historic preservation• new entries• 4 kids only• map it!

This site was made possible by: the City of St. Louis Planning and Urban Design Agency and
the City of St. Louis Community Information Network.

This site was funded in part by Federal funds administered by the Missouri State Historical Preservation Office, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, The National Park Service, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.


Version 1.0