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About Locations
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home began in a rented residence of 12 rooms at 2651 Morgan Street, St. Louis, in April, 1886. In May, 1887, a permanent location for the Home was purchased at 1906 Lafayette Avenue in St. Louis. This building was occupied until 1907 when the Home was moved to “Pattonville” Missouri in west St. Louis County. This community is now called “Bridgeton.”
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home was St. Louis-based until the early 1980’s when the administration and board of trustees began developing a “regional concept” of Missouri Baptist childcare. The Byrne Campus opened in 1985 in the Kansas City suburb of Peculiar. The next year, MBCH expanded to Southwest Missouri with the opening of the Hutchens Campus in Mt. Vernon. In the fall of 1990, the Greg Dalton Campus opened in Lamar. Finally, the McMikle Campus opened in 1995 as MBCH expanded to the Southeast Missouri town of East Prairie.
Over the last two decades, MBCH opened regional offices in Branson, Hannibal, Jefferson City, Joplin, Lee’s Summit, Springfield and St. Joseph.
In 2001, the MBCH Board of Trustees voted to create “MBCH Properties” as an affiliate corporation which would own, manage and develop the campus properties. |
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