Overview
The All Saints Home for Boys opened on 1 November 1896 in Austin, Illinois.[1] Today, Austin is a neighborhood of Chicago. The home opened with six boys, who were, for about a year, boarded out.[2] The home owes its origin to Father John M. Chattin, a priest of the Episcopal Church who was connected with the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul.[3] Chattin was a city missionary who visited the County Poorhouse, jail, and hospital (the Home for Incurables), as well as the Home for the Friendless and Bridwell frequently.[4] With consent but not the official aid of the Bishop he started the home by putting himself at the head of a household of four needy boys, which became six.[5][6]
In May 1897, the home was moved to Ohio Street in Austin and a year following that, the Home was moved to 19 Bishop Court in Chicago where it stayed for two years.
In 1900, the organization appealed to Mrs. George W. Champlin, who gave her home at 1508 West Adams Street to Rev. William E. McLaren for the purpose of maintaining a permanent home for boys.[7][8] Her donation enabled the institution to care for more residents than for in a leased building, so in 1903, a corporation was formed known as the “William Raymond Champlin Memorial Home for Boys.”[9] The home saw a lot of growth in the next few years, purchasing the two houses east of the Champlin home and, later, the third house east on the corner of Laflin Street.[10]
In 1906, a new corporation was formed, its objects being identical with the Champlin memorial home, called “Chicago Homes for Boys.”[11]
Institution Name and Type
Alternative Names
Champlin Memorial Home, Home for Friendless Boys
Object/Goal
“Care of homeless boys.”[12]
1913: “The Object of the Home from the first was preventative rather than reformatory, and any blameless boy was gladly admitted whether he could pay board or not.” [13]
Type of Institution
Dependent: Children
Location and Building
Main Location
Address:
Locality: Chicago
County: Cook
State: Illinois
Notes on the buildings: demolished
Administration Information
Date of Founding
1896[16]
Original Name
Administration
1900-: Protestant Episcopal Church[17], Board of Trustees
c. 1913: Chicago Homes for Boys
Religious Affiliation
Protestant Episcopal Church
Changes (Dates, Location, Notes, Etc.)
Name Change
1900[18]: Changed from All Saints Home for Boys to William Raymond Champlin Home for Boys.
1906: Incorporated under the umbrella organization (based out of the same place) as the Chicago Homes for Boys
Location Change
1900: from 19 Bishop Court (19 N. Bishop, today’s address) to 511-517 West Adams Street (1508 West Adams, today’s address)
Successor
Chicago Homes for Boys
Notable People
Courtenay Barber, secretary in 1905.[19]
Rev. John M. Chattin, director in 1900[20] through at least 1905.[21]
Mrs. S. S. Chappell, matron in 1905.[22]
Francis A. Hardy, President and member of the original board of trustees.[23]
Miss Annie Hibbert, treasurer in 1900.[24]
Mrs. Laughlin, matron in 1900.[25]
D. B. Lyman Jr., treasurer in 1905.[26]
George W. MacCauley, member of the Board of Trustees[27]
W. E. Ritchie, member of the Board of Trustees[28]
Russel Wilbur, instructor of music in 1900.[29]
Intake Information and Requirements
Intake Gender/Sex: Male
Intake Age:
- 1905: 6 to 21 years.[30]
Number of Residents:
Records
Annual Reports
Chicago Home for Boys. 1913. Chicago Home for Boys, Annual Report 1913. Chicago: Chicago Home for Boys. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report/ty8nAQAAMAAJ.
Publications
Chicago Homes for Boys and Lawrence Hall. 1904. The William Raymond Champlin Memorial Home for Boys. Chicago: Leyda. Accessible at the Newberry Library, Chicago. https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma993112148805867.
Sources
Chicago Home for Boys. 1913. Chicago Home for Boys, Annual Report 1913. Chicago: Chicago Home for Boys. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report/ty8nAQAAMAAJ.
“Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
Sonneborn, Ida. Ed. 1905. Chicago Charities Directory: A Descriptive Exhibit of the Philanthropic, Social, and Religious Resources of the City of Chicago. Chicago: Chicago Charities Directory Association. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Chicago_Charities_Directory/eyZSAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1.
United States Bureau of the Census. 1905. Benevolent Institutions 1904. Washington, D. C.: Governmental Printing Office. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benevolent_Institutions_1904/GKpMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.
[1] Chicago Home for Boys. 1913. Chicago Home for Boys, Annual Report 1913. Chicago: Chicago Home for Boys. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report/ty8nAQAAMAAJ. 5.
[2] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 5.
[3] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[4] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[5] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 5.
[6] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[7] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[8] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 7.
[9] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 7.
[10] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 7.
[11] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 7.
[12] United States Bureau of the Census. 1905. Benevolent Institutions 1904. Washington, D. C.: Governmental Printing Office. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benevolent_Institutions_1904/GKpMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. 66.
[13] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 5.
[14] United States Bureau of the Census. 1905. Benevolent Institutions 1904. Washington, D. C.: Governmental Printing Office. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benevolent_Institutions_1904/GKpMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. 66.
[15] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 7.
[16] United States Bureau of the Census. 1905. Benevolent Institutions 1904. Washington, D. C.: Governmental Printing Office. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benevolent_Institutions_1904/GKpMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. 66.
[17] United States Bureau of the Census. 1905. Benevolent Institutions 1904. Washington, D. C.: Governmental Printing Office. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Benevolent_Institutions_1904/GKpMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. 66.
[18] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[19] Sonneborn, Ida. Ed, 1905. 47.
[20] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[21] Sonneborn, Ida. Ed, 1905. 47.
[22] Sonneborn, Ida. Ed, 1905. 47.
[23] Sonneborn, Ida. Ed. 1905. Chicago Charities Directory: A Descriptive Exhibit of the Philanthropic, Social, and Religious Resources of the City of Chicago. Chicago: Chicago Charities Directory Association. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Chicago_Charities_Directory/eyZSAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1. 47.
[24] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[25] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[26] Sonneborn, Ida. Ed, 1905. 47.
[27] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 7.
[28] Chicago Home for Boys, 1913. 7.
[29] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[30] Sonneborn, Ida. Ed, 1905. 47.
[31] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
[32] “Home for Friendless Boys,” Chicago Tribune, 18 November 1900, page 34.
Institution Guide by Katharine Korte Andrew 
[…] The All Saints Home for Boys opened on 1 November 1896 in Austin, Illinois.[1] Today, Austin is a neighborhood of Chicago. The home opened with six boys, who were, for about a year, boarded out.[2] In May 1897, the home was moved to Ohio Street in Austin and a year following that, the Home was moved to 19 Bishop Court in Chicago where it stayed for two years. By 1903, the organization appealed to Mrs. George W. Champlin, who gave her home at 1508 West Adams Street to Rev. William E. McLaren for the purpose of maintaining a permanent home for boys.[3] Her donation enabled the institution to care for more residents than for in a leased building, so in 1903, a corporation was formed known as the “William Raymond Champlin Memorial Home for Boys.”[4] […]
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