Colored Orphan Asylum

Colored Orphan Asylum
SuccessorRiverdale Children's Association
Established1836; 188 years ago (1836)
FoundersAnna Shotwell, Hanna Shotwell, and Mary Lindley Murray
Founded atManhattan
Defunct1946; 78 years ago (1946)
TypeOrphanage
Location
Region served
New York City
Key people
Mary Lindley Murray, James McCune Smith
AffiliationsHampton Institute

The Colored Orphan Asylum was an institution in New York City, open from 1836 to 1946. It housed on average four hundred children annually and was mostly managed by women.[1] Its first location was on Fifth Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan, a four-story building with two wings. It later moved to Upper Manhattan and then to Riverdale in the Bronx.

  1. ^ "Colored Orphan Asylum - Encyclopedia of New York City". www.virtualny.cuny.edu. Retrieved December 3, 2015.