Wabash Valley Genealogy Society

Preserving The Past, Serving The Present, Promoting The Future

Wabash Valley Genealogy Society  Based in Vigo County, Terre Haute, Indiana. Serving Clark, Crawford and Edgar Counties in Illinois. Clay, Greene, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo in Indiana

Established in 1903, the former Vigo County Home for Dependent Children, better known as Glenn Home, was located on a hill overlooking U.S. 40, about 5 miles east of Terre Haute in the small community of Glenn.  The Home ceased operation in 1979.  Currently,  the fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha of Rose Hulman Institute of Technology resides in the main building and keep up the grounds. 

The Main house and Boiler House still stand as well as three cottages, the African-American Children's home, and a gymnasium built between 1926 and 1949. The Main house and Boiler House were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Historical website for the Home: