Carnegie Park Orphanage, : the gift of James Moffat, merchant and shipowner, Port-Glasgow. Trustees: the Provost and Bailies of Port-Glasgow, the Provost and Senior Bailie of Greenock, The Sheriff-Substitute of the Lower Ward of Renfrewshire. 1887..
Port-Glasgow: : Printed by Wm. Miller, 10 Church Street.,
1887.
The orphanage was built 1887-88 and opened in January 1889. The orphanage was intended for poor children from the local area whose parents did not receive poor relief from the Parish. Only protestant children were admitted. The orphanage closed in 1962 and became a girl's school until the 1980s.
Moffat, James, 1818-1884.
Carnegie Park Orphanage (Port Glasgow, Scotland).
Orphanages
Scotland Port Glasgow.