Home for the Friendless, Scranton, PA

The first building, on Adams Avenue, constructed specifically for the Home.


First construction phase of the new building, on Jefferson Avenue (north of Electric).	Building completed with new trees in place.

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The name was officially changed to Friendship House July 26, 1944.

Excerpt from Col. Frederick L. Hitchcock's History of Scranton, Vol. I. Click Here to see the title page.
This is the section on the history of the Home for the Friendless up to 1913.
Below, "Mrs. Miss and Mr." were not transcribed.


Page 459 (the portion above the Home for the Friendless was cut off). H. M. Boies S. C. Logan W. D. Mossman H. b. Rockwell C. H. Doud Thomas Moore William Beck J. R. Fordham H. A. Allen Lewis Pughe E. W. Weston J. A. Scranton W. W. Winton Ada M. Scranton C. F. Mattes L. B. Powell H. B. Rockwell A. E. Hunt R. A. Squire O. P. Clark M. E. Hollester E. W. Weston H. S. Pierce Lewis Jones J. A. Price William J. Crane W. G. Ward Charles H. Wells S. D. Kingsley J. C. Burgess J. J. Albright Horace Ladd H. F. Warren Corydon H. Wells M. J. Oram R. W. Luce W. H. Fuller	Page 460: E. S. Reed C. W. Kirkpatrick C. H. Doud W. W. Winton Thomas Moore Willim Beck L. B. Powell H. B. Rockwell H. E. Warren J. C. Platt D. L. Dickson H. F. Warren	Page 461: W. W. Winton Thomas Moore Mrs. H. F. Warren H. S. Pierce G. L. Dickson W. R. Storrs James Blair J. A. Price H. M. Boies C. P. Matthews A. Chamberlin J. C. Platt W. D. Kennedy D. Langstaff L. B. Powell George L. Dickson

Page 462: E. S. Moffatt George L. Dickson Thomas Moore W. D. Kennedy C. P. Matthews D. Langstaff George L. Dickson J. Athicus Robertson W. H. Perkins John Genter C. B. Penman J. J. Albright	Page 463 (cropped): Thomas Moore E. Sivelly Reed William Connell John Jermyn William t. Smith W. H. Taylor O. S. Johnson C. P. Matthews W. D. Kennedy J. Athicus Robertson Ezra H. Ripple