State Charter

ID: 3036 ~ Source: Painter, Rosemary. Interviewed by Mrs. Clifton [Betsy] Robinson, March 25, 1977, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
This file appears in: Evangelia Settlement

The settlement home received the name Evangelia after the state chartered the institution in 1912. Painter reports that Evangelia was Waco’s oldest welfare agency.

This file appears in: Evangelia Settlement

By Allie R. Lopez
Seeking to provide refuge to children and families in need, the Evangelia Settlement Home opened in 1908. Established by religious reformers Ethel Dickson and Nell Symes, the home aimed to care for the least of these throughout Waco’s community for…