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Karl R. Josker | profile | all galleries >> Buffalo >> The German Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

The German Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum

The German RC Orphan Asylum traces its' roots to St. Mary's Church in the mid-1800's. Due to increasing need, a new facility was built in 1874-1875 at 564 Dodge St. Buffalo, from where the following pictures were taken.

The two larger buildings depicted were from an enlargement of the the orphanage in 1887. The original larger structure, with a center tower, burned in 1919. It was rebuilt, and included a kitchen and dining room along with other rooms and connecting corridors.

On the grounds, a separate school building was built in 1927, which still stands. The Sacred Heart Chapel was added in 1938.

In 1956, another fire destroyed the main central building, and the orphanage was closed later in the year.

The complex continued as a preparatory seminary for a few years, eventually evolving into a Diocesan Educational Campus, and subsequently closed. The entire complex was sold to private concerns in the 1990's, and has been vacant and apparently neglected since.

The orphanage housed and cared for over 15,000 children during the course of it's existence.
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Western Dormitory
Western Dormitory
Eastern Dormitory
Eastern Dormitory
Sacred Heart Chapel
Sacred Heart Chapel
1927 School
1927 School
Western Dormitory Staircase
Western Dormitory Staircase
Kitchen
Kitchen
Kitchen Skylight
Kitchen Skylight
Dining Room Corridor
Dining Room Corridor
Collapsed Floor
Collapsed Floor
Interior-Sacred Heart Chapel
Interior-Sacred Heart Chapel
Chapel Organ
Chapel Organ
Rear of Sacred Heart Chapel
Rear of Sacred Heart Chapel
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