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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0CC BY 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 truetrue | This image, which was originally posted to Panoramio, was automatically reviewed on 30 March 2017 by Panoramio upload bot, who confirmed t • Martin Luther Children's Home | Postcard | Wisconsin Historical SocietyHelp Us Redesign Our Website! We could really use your feedback, please take our survey Visit our other Wisconsin Historical kultur websites! Postcard Martin Luther Children's Home | Postcard | Wisconsin Historical Society | Exterior view across lawn towards the Martin Luther Children's Home. Caption reads: "Martin Luther Children's Home, Stoughton, Wis." |
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On November 1, 1889 in Madison, Wisconsin the Norwegian Synod of the Lutheran Church established the Martin Luther Orphan’s Home. This was to be a home for children orphaned by disease, epidemics, poverty and war. In 1894 the Home was relocated on a 52 acre site outside of Stoughton on land donated by Gyermund and Rebecca Skaalen. By 1898, between 90 and 120 children were being cared for. Fire destroyed the girls dormitory on Palm Sunday in 1925, and the boys dormitory in 1934. The two story red brick building at the top of the drive was the nursery and girl’s dormitory and was rebuilt in 1927. In 1935, the light brick building was built to house the boy’s dormitory and workshop. During this time the orphanage was home to nearly 200 children and 20 employees. The home was totally self-sufficient, raising its own livestock and crops and educated the children in the school house (the building that registration is in.) In 1940 the d 
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