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Home for the Friendless in Cedar Rapids
A historical sketch details Eleanor Lund's founding of the Home for the Friendless in Cedar Rapids. From 1879 27 students attended Lund's first school of sewing and care, expanding under volunteers until a permanent home opened Oct 9 1884. The project grew through fundraising by local women and donor support, eventually relocating and expanding buildings by 1900 with a memorial window to Lund and furnishings funded by local schoolchildren.
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Edar Rapids
Eleanor Lund
Cedar Rapids
Lund
Emma van Vechten
Industrial School
M.A. Higley
Higley
Higley Memorial Fund
Linn County Supervisors
N. 15Th St
E.J. Lund
Eugenia Broeksmit
Heartwood Treatment Center
The
Home For the Friendless
Sisters of Mercy
Mike Prosser
Heartwood
Maplewood
C Street
Tanager Place