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Bethlehem Orphan Asylum, New Orleans, Louisiana
Home to Harold S. and Hazel E. Hughes
1921 - 1928

Bethlehem Orphan Asylum in New Orleans, Louisiana, today known as Bethlehem Children's Center, was established in 1881 with the founding of the German Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Orphan Asylum Association. It was originally located at the corner of Andry and North Peters in New Orleans.

 

 

Bethlehem Orphan Asylum's kitchen, dining hall, and laundry building.

 

 

 

 

The offices

 

Superintendent and Matron 1920 - 1923
Rev. & Mrs. Martin William H. (1888 - 1971) & Alma Holls

 

Superintendent and Matron 1923 - 1924
Rev. & Mrs. Oscar William & Jessie May Luecke
(1890 - 1969 & 1896 - 1975)

 

Superintendent and Matron 1924 - 1928
Mr. & Mrs. Herman Louis & Fredericka Odendahl Huettmann
(1853 - 1934 & 1858 - 1940)

 

The infirmary

 

Dr. William F. Nothacker, M. D.
(1860 - 1934)

 

The dining hall

 

The dormitory

 

 

 

Grades 1 - 3

Teacher
Miss Anna M. Wegener
(1907 - 1993)

Daughter of
Gottfried & Anna E.
Wegener

 

Grades 4 - 7

Teacher
Mr. Ludwig Theodor "Louis" Knief
(born 1874)

 

PICTURES FROM THE CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR BOOKLET FOR THE LUTHERAN BETHLEHEM ORPHAN ASYLUM.