Site of Berachah Home and Cemetery

The Berachah Rescue Society was organized at Waco in 1894 by the Rev. J. T. Upchurch (b. 1870) for the protection of homeless girls and unwed mothers. Nine years later he opened the Berachah Industrial Home at this site. Ten buildings were located here, including a print shop for publication of the "Purity Journal". The cemetery, which contains more than eighty graves, was first used in 1904 for the burial of Eunice Williams, one of the residents. The home closed in 1935, but the site was used until 1942 as an orphanage run by Upchurch's daughter Allie Mae and her husband Frank Wiese. (1981)

Site of Berachah Home and Cemetery is a historical marker in Arlington, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1981. It is one of 358 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7285, -97.1173 near Arlington. The nearest cataloged historic site is The University of Texas at Arlington (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include University of Texas at Arlington, Vaught House, and First Baptist Church of Arlington.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439004730. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.