Children's Farm Home School, Former orphanage and school building in Corvallis, US.
Children's Farm Home School is a Georgian-style building in Benton County, Oregon, sitting on a large rural property between Corvallis and Albany. The main structure is accompanied by several outbuildings across the grounds, which once served as an orphanage and school campus.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened this facility in 1925 as a home for orphaned children, reflecting the social concerns of the time. Over the following decades the property changed its role and was eventually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Children raised at the farm learned by doing, working the land alongside their studies in a way that shaped daily life on the grounds. That mix of classroom and fieldwork gave the place a rhythm closer to a working farm than a typical school.
The property is accessible from U.S. Route 20 (Oregon Route 34), with parking available on site for those arriving by car. A visit during daylight hours allows you to see the main building and the surrounding grounds without difficulty.
After renovations completed in 2013, the building now houses a family center, conference spaces, and a restaurant alongside rooms that still reflect the original layout. This means a visitor can move through spaces that feel very different from one another within the same building.
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