MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - ORPHANAGE   Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home

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Orphanage - Columbus

Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home.  According to the following link, it has been in Columbus for at least 150 years.  It appears the name was changed to Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home in 1924.                                                       
                                          http://www.twincedars.org/history.html
 


According to the following page, it was formed in 1845.  

Before Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home was located on Double
Churches Road, it was located behind St. Elmo School, at
the corner of 17th Ave. & about 21st St.

 
                                          http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/sr203.htm
 
"Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions
SR 203 - Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home, Columbus - 150th anniversary
WHEREAS, the Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home was founded in
  1- 9  1845 as an orphans' home to care for destitute and abandoned
  1-10  children, and, after moving to its present location on
  1-11  Double Churches Road in the 1960s, it has evolved into a
  1-12  residential treatment program providing intermediate and
  1-13  basic care for abused and traumatized adolescent girls; and"

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In the book, "The Columbus, Georgia Centenary 1828-1928"
by Nancy Telfair (c) 1929, the following paragraph is on
page 72: 

'The establishment of the Columbus Femaile
Asylum for orphans in 1844 through the efforts of
prominent women of the Methodist church resulted in a
school for the children at that institution, although the
educational feature was later discharged due to lack of
funds.'