Corsicana, TX, United States
Corsicana State Home. Created by the 20th Legislature in 1887, the State Orphan Asylum originally provided care for orphans under age 14. State officials located the institution in Corsicana after local citizens donated over 200 acres at this site. The first students arrived in 1889, and by 1890 enr
ollment totaled 54. Classes met in the chapel before a school building was erected in 1889. By 1897 the institution had an independent school district. Renamed State Orphan Home before 1899, the facil
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