Sevilla Home for Children, ca. 1920.

This castle-like building in Hunts Point was named for and endowed by Jose Sevilla, a Peruvian immigrant to NYC who made a fortune here. When he died in 1886 he provided funds for an institution, which was incorporated as Sevilla Home for Children in 1889. This building would not be constructed until 1908. The non-religious charity took in mentally and physically healthy yet destitute girls between the ages of five and ten, who were surrendered by their guardian. The institutions merged in the 1940s a few times with other mission-similar organizations and it is unclear when this building was abandoned or demolished.