Belmont County Children's Home

Belmont County Children's Home (labelled Barnesville, Ohio)

Belmont County Children's Home (1880–1981) was an orphanage, located in Tacoma in Belmont County, east of Barnesville, Ohio, United States. It was a brick building with a cupola on each of the central 4-story towers and two three-story wings. It was built on a 65-acre site with hilltop views.[1] A children's cemetery remains.

The orphanage closed in 1981 and the empty buildings were demolished in 1990. The children's home is commemorated in a mural commissioned by the Barnesville Village Council, on the west side of the Domino's Pizza building at 146 W. Main St. in downtown Barnesville.[2]

  1. ^ Vinton County, Ohio History and Families. Turner Publishing Company. 1996. pp. 236–237. ISBN 978-1-56311-295-9.
  2. ^ "Mural project to feature old high school". Barnesville Enterprise. July 19, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-03.