Home of the Good Shepherd
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Dates:
- Established - 1872
- Closed - ?
- Locations:
- 1st site - Pride and Bluff Streets (formerly a house belonging to the
Sisters of Mercy)
- 2nd site - 1615 Lowrie Street (Troy Hill - 1874))
- Also Known As:
- Home of the Good Shepherd of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
- Our Lady of Charity Training School
- Founder:
- Father Eudes
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- Sponsoring Agency:
- Diocese of Pittsburgh
- Sisters of the Good Shephard
- Notes:
- For orphan girls and young women.
- Location of Records:
- Nativity Convent, 4100 Vincentown Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15214 ;
412-931-2299
- Sources:
- PA Department Vertical Files (Orphanages)
- 1895 Greater Pittsburg Handbook
- 1937 Directory of Social Agencies
- 1943 Directory of Social Resources
- Story of Old Allegheny City, p. 90 **(rqF159 .P66 A45 1941x)**
- Catholic Pittsburgh's One Hundred Years, p. 120 **(r282 C282)**