Michael Mertz and McKenzie Maher sold the former Marks Nathan Orphanage and 1239 N. Wood Street Gallery for $4.85 million on Feb. 20. That’s about 57% of the $8.45 million they were asking when ...

The Mount Pleasant Home for Destitute Children had a shorter life. Munro transferred ownership of the orphanage to the Pennsylvania Abolition Society in 1911, and the home burned down in 1920.