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Saturday
Feb162019
Kings Park History - Howard Orphanage And Industrial School 1911-1918
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 10:42PM ;)
Article is written for the Leo P. Ostebo Kings Park Heritage Museum 99 Old Dock Road Kings Park, NY 11754.
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From 1911-1918 the Howard Orphanage and Industrial School mortgaged farmland from the Jewish Industrial Aid Society, also known as Indian Head Stock Farm in Kings Park, NY located on Indian Head Road. The school would teach African American orphaned children life skills, such as, reading, writing, sewing, cooking, woodcarving and more. 
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From 1911-1912 Mary Eliza Mahoney, was the director. She was the first African American Professional Nurse, a Boston Suffragette, as well as, one of the 
first women in Boston to vote after the passing of the 19th Amendment.
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By 1912, the school was looked at as the Tuskegee of the North. Through the years, there was fundraising to
keep the orphanage going. Unfortunately, due to a lack of funding, during the winter of 1918 pipes at the school froze and many children suffered from the affects.
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keep the orphanage going. Unfortunately, due to a lack of funding, during the winter of 1918 pipes at the school froze and many children suffered from the affects.-
To learn more about historic Kings Park, call 631-269-3305 for an appointment to visit the Leo P. Ostebo Kings Park Heritage Museum or goto www.KPHeritageMuseum.net.
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Article is written for the Leo P. Ostebo Kings Park Heritage Museum 99 Old Dock Road Kings Park, NY 11754.
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Beginning of the Orphanage at Kings Park
Fundraiser for the Howard Orphanage
Considered the Tusgegee of the North
Orphanage Closed Newspaper Article