207:. Hannah Neil's orphanage was founded in April 1858 as the Industrial School Association, as it served to teach poor children the skills needed to build a better life. The organization was renamed in honor of Neil in April 1868, on its tenth anniversary, and about one month after she died. The Neville Mansion acted as the organization's orphanage for temporarily neglected or dependent children for over a century, and replaced a homeless shelter established in 1865. Before occupancy, the house was renovated, with parts using bricks salvaged from the fire that destroyed the first Ohio Statehouse.
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In the 1970s, it housed children six through twelve, with a capacity for 32 occupants. The organization moved out into a larger facility on Obetz Road in 1977, finding the old mansion to be too worn and small. When the Hannah Neil
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