Good Templars Home for Orphans

Date: 1 Oct 1870 to 1919
Location: Vallejo, Solano County, California, United States

"The Good Templars’ Home for Orphans, on a hilltop overlooking Vallejo, kept its doors open to children for nearly 50 years. Lofty goals were pursued — until scandals and other issues at the home, combined with a national trend away from orphanages, led to its closure in 1919.

"The Order of Good Templars, a temperance society that started in New York in 1851, bought 103 acres of land from A.S. Wood and John Frisbie, Gen. Mariano Vallejo’s son-in-law, in 1867 and laid the cornerstone for a three-story mansion in 1869. The home opened on Oct. 1, 1870, and within a year had taken in more than 100 children. Over time, more than 4,500 boys and girls were admitted."

https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2021/03/26/brendan-rileys-solano-chronicles-lofty-goals-bad-end-for-vallejo-orphans-home/