Shiloh Orphanage

Shiloh Orphanage is a Georgia historical marker in Richmond County, dedicated 2018.

Located at the entrance of the Shiloh Comprehensive Community Center.

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In 1896, the Shiloh Baptist Association founded an orphanage for African-American children denied care at the city's whites-only orphanage. After operating briefly under a different name and director, the home became Shiloh Orphanage under the stewardship of the Reverend Daniel McHorton by 1899. As superintendent, McHorton provided housing and secured food, education, and vocational training for Shiloh's wards. With assistance from wealthy northern donors and local support from both black and white communities, supporters raised enough money to purchase a permanent property to house the orphanage in 1904. Later that year, Shiloh Orphanage relocated here on 15th Street, adding a classroom in 1910. Dormitories for girls (1927) and boys (1936) followed. Shiloh Orphanage closed in 1970 and reopened as Shiloh Comprehensive Community Center in 1977.

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Historical maps covering this location

1895 · Gen. map VIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map IX. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Military map, W.T. Sherman. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Map of South Carolina (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Gen. map VIII, 1895, covering the location of Shiloh Orphanage, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Gen. map VIII, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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