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Aug 10, 2021 · Remembering Girls’ Town of America, Cincinnati, Ohio, a new online exhibit at the University of Dayton, explores the history — and mystery — of this institution and its work for education, religious life, rehabilitation and social justice.
This distinctive edifice was part of a complex originally known as Our Lady of the Woods, later Convent of the Good Shepherd, and then Girls’ Town of America, that also included school buildings, industrial training facilities, and housing for nuns and resident girls.
13. Girls Town Housed Unwed Mothers in Cincinnati. Convent of the Good Shepherd was a Catholic religious order, organized in 1857, and did much more than prepare females for devout service. By 1896 it was called Girls Town of the Good Shepherd and operated as an orphanage and reform school for delinquent or pregnant girls.
For almost a century (1912-2001), a church with a distinctive green dome could be seen high on a hill overlooking Cincinnati’s Mill Creek Valley. This distinctive edifice was part of a complex originally known as Our Lady of the Woods, later Convent of the Good Shepherd, then Girls’ Town of America.
The Sisters sought a country refuge where they and their charges could escape these urban conditions, and in 1871, bought a small farm east of Carthage, outside the Cincinnati city limits.
Remembering Girls' Town of America, Cincinnati, Ohio. Evolution of Girls' Town. An Idea: Boys Town as a Model.
Photos: Remembering Girls’ Town of America, Cincinnati, Ohio. Follow. Switch View to Grid View Slideshow. Aerial View of Grounds. Carthage Buildings and Landscape. Carthage Cemetery. Girls' Town Chapel Altar.
