Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Saint Vincent's Infant Asylum was built in 1878 for the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. The asylum was built to provide housing for young children whose parents were unable or unwilling to provide for their there. Asylum provided housing for thousands of children over the years with a population often between 4 and 5 hundred children at a time. The brick Gothic Revival style building was designed by Charles A. Gombert. The building is currently used as the La Causa Early Education & Care Center.

Street address: 809 W. Greenfield Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin County / Borough / Parish: Milwaukee Year listed: 1987 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Social Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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