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| alt = Montana State Orphans Home | | alt = Montana State Orphans Home | ||
| − | | caption = | + | | caption = “A haven for innocent children whose poverty and need might lead to lives of crime.” |
| established = 1893 | | established = 1893 | ||
| construction_began = 1892 | | construction_began = 1892 | ||
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| closed = 1976 | | closed = 1976 | ||
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| − | | current_status = | + | | current_status = [[Active National Historic Registry Site|For Sale]] |
| building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | | building_style = [[Cottage Planned Institutions|Cottage Plan]] | ||
| architect(s) = Victorian/Queen Anne | | architect(s) = Victorian/Queen Anne | ||
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Opened in 1894 by the state of Montana outside Twin Bridges. The 26 acre facility had 26 buildings by the time it closed in 1975; consisting of "The Castle", which was what students called the large Victorian Queen Anne-style main building, a gymnasium, schoolhouse, multiple boys' and girls' cottages, a pre-school house, a grade school house, a high school house, a teachers cottage, carpentry shop, power-house, an auditorium, and others. | Opened in 1894 by the state of Montana outside Twin Bridges. The 26 acre facility had 26 buildings by the time it closed in 1975; consisting of "The Castle", which was what students called the large Victorian Queen Anne-style main building, a gymnasium, schoolhouse, multiple boys' and girls' cottages, a pre-school house, a grade school house, a high school house, a teachers cottage, carpentry shop, power-house, an auditorium, and others. | ||
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In the 1950's, the cottages underwent a remodel and a new "food center" was built, movies were shown in the auditorium, dancing classes were given, religious sermons were given by local Reverends, and additional playground equipment was added. | In the 1950's, the cottages underwent a remodel and a new "food center" was built, movies were shown in the auditorium, dancing classes were given, religious sermons were given by local Reverends, and additional playground equipment was added. | ||
| − | + | The Great Depression greatly effected the orphanage, and the number of children at the orphanage was higher at this time than it would ever be; reportedly between 200 and 300 children. | |
| − | The Great Depression greatly | + | There is a small cemetery of 95 graves at the Montana Children's Center (formerly Twin Bridges Orphanage) for children that died at the Center. The orphanage closed in 1976 due to a shortage in state funding, and a slow decrease in children over the past decades of campaign against institutionalization. |
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