historical galveston homes: Galveston Children's Home For Sale {Circa 1878} - 02/25/12 07:28 AM
 The Galveston Children's Home was founded on October 20, 1878, by Galveston journalist George B. Dealey, who, with Mrs. E. M. Arnold, who served as first director, established the institution in a rented house as the Island City Protestant Orphans Asylum.
In 1879, with forty children in residence, the home was turned over by Dealey to a board of directors made up of representative Galveston citizens, with Judge Charles L. Cleveland as chairman of the board. After this it was known as the Island City Protestant-Israelite Orphans Home.
The Galveston hurricane of 1900 did considerable damage to the structure and, … (0 comments)