Orphanages
- Angora Baptist Orphanage, Philadelphia County
- Annex to the Home for Friendless Children, Lancaster County
- Bethany Orphans' Home, Berks County
- Catholic Home for Destitute Girls, Philadelphia County
- Children's Aid Society of Franklin County, Franklin County
- Children's Home, Greene County
- Children's Home, Lehigh County
- Children's Home of Westmoreland County, Westmoreland County
- Church Home and Orphanage, Lebanon County
- Concordia Orphans Home Butler County
- Foulk and Long's Institute for Orphan Girls Bucks County
- German Evangelical Protestant Orphanage, Allegheny County
- Gusky Orphanage and Home, Allegheny City, Allegheny County
- Home for 'Colored' Children, Allegheny City, Allegheny County
- Home for Friendless Children, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County
- Home for Hebrew Orphans, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
- Lutheran Home and Orphan Asylum, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
- Odd Fellows Orphans' Home, Philadelphia County
- Orphans Home, Butler County
- Orphans' Home, Cambria County
- Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburg and Allegheny, Allegheny County
- St. Catherine's Orphan Asylum, Berks County
- St. Francis Orphan Asylum, Berks County
- St. John's Orphanage, Philadelphia County
- St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Allegheny City, Allegheny County
- United Presbyterian Orphans Home, Allegheny County
Poorhouses
Households by County
