Vigo County Home for Dependent Children
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Vigo County Home for Dependent Children | |
 Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, May 2010 | |
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| Location | 7140 Wabash Ave. east of Terre Haute, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°29′16″N 87°18′21″W / 39.48778°N 87.30583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1903 |
| Architect | Miller, Martin |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000674[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 2000 |
Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, also known as the Glenn Home, is a historic orphanage located in Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana. The main building was built in 1903, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Colonial Revival style brick building on a raised basement. It has a hipped and gabled roof and features a semi-circular, two-story portico with four Doric order columns. Also on the property is a contributing former boiler house (now demolished). The main building is the home of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.[2]: 5–6
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]
