Hoyleton Orphan's Home Hoyleton, Illinois   A church committee of the Zion Evangelical Church in Hoyleton, Illinois and an Orphan's Home Association established the Hoyleton Orphan's Home in 1895, using propetry of a former seminary.

Photograph Furnished by : Don Gross ©

Evangelical Orphan Home Hoyleton, Ill. 1916 Photograph Furnished by : Don Gross ©

Agnes Weers and her siblings, Matilda (Tilie), Angeline (Angie), Alfred (Al), and Josephine (Jo), were at this orphanage during the 1920 cenus.

The building in 2008   Photograph Furnished by : Marsha L. Ensminger © 2008 From the back (east) side. The home seems to be quite the local industry. They've added a new office-looking building (to the right).