PACIFIC HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM AND HOME SOCIETY; NEW PACIFIC HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM; EUREKA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY; HOMEWOOD TERRACE; In 1871, the PACIFIC HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM and HOME SOCIETY, under the leadership of Rabbi Elkan Cohn, from Temple Emanu-El was founded to house "orphan Children, and to establish and support a homed for aged and infirm Israelites." Within a year, enough money, $20,000 , was raised to buy 12 acres at Mission Street and Silver Avenue. But without funds to erect a building, the agency continued to support its clients in their own homes. Finally, in 1891, a rambling, wooden Victorian structure was built on the site for under $57,000. Twelve people took up residence. The 1905 census listed over 200 children and 40 aged persons. In 1919, the PACIFIC HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM and HOME SOCIETY and the HEBREW HOME for the AGED DISABLED consolidated under the latter's name and one roof. It was located at 436 O'Farrell with 190 children and 34 aged persons. On June 17, 1921, the NEW PACIFIC HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM, in San Francisco's Westwood Park, was dedicated during a ceremony celebrating the newly erected building and the asylum's 50th anniversary. The Orphan Asylum was described by one of it's residents as an "easy place to live and everything was nice."
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