Veith House
Veith House is an organization whose mission is to meet the needs of children, individuals and families, with empowerment as an ever-present goal. It is located at 3115 Veith St in the North End of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is just down the hill from one of Halifax's landmarks, The Hydrostone.
History
Veith House's history dates back to the 1800s. The Halifax Protestant Orphanage was in existence from 1857 to 1969. The orphanage was founded by Reverend Robert Fitzgerald Uniacke in 1857 and was previously located on North Park Street. This became home to a countless number of children, both girls and boys. Among those who worked there as staff during the 1890s was matron Lucy Anne Rogers Butler, an educator and social worker who had spent her early 30s documenting her 1870s travel experiences with her sea captain husband.The orphanage was relocated to Veith Street where it was destroyed in the Halifax Explosion in 1917, claiming the lives of both children and staff. Of the 21 people present in the building at the time of the explosion, only six survived. At this site, a monument has been erected commemorating the lives of the children and staff members lost in the disaster.