From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, November 22, 1924: The new Colored Orphans’ Home, erected by the Marion County board of commissioners, is scheduled to open January 1. The new facility at 25th St. and Keystone Ave., consisting of four brick fire-proof buildings, will replace the old home at 21st St. and Boulevard Pl. which has been in use since 1869. Designed by architect Donald Graham, the complex includes a two-story administration building with offices, dining room and kitchen, isolation ward, and two schoolrooms in the basement; two cottages, one for boys and one for girls containing eleven rooms each; and a powerhouse with a laundry room. The home for colored orphans was established in 1869 as a result of a movement started by the Friends church and supported by Quaker contributions. The county took over the home two years ago.