General German Protestant Orphans Home, also known as the Pleasant Run Children's Home , is a historic

orphanage An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or ab ...

located in

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. It was designed by architect Diedrich A. Bohlen (1827–1890) and built in 1871–1872. It is a -story brick institutional building on a

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block foundation. It has eclectic German vernacular detailing and varying roof forms. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

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in 1984.

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Orphanages in the United States Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Buildings and structures completed in 1872 Buildings and structures in Indianapolis National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis German-American culture in Indiana {{Indianapolis-stub