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Florence Crittenton Home - Baby Exhibit, 1914. Sign: 'For Rent by the Washington Loan & Trust Co.'. The first Florence Crittenton home, the Florence Night Mission, was opened in 1883 by Charles Nelson Crittenton, a wealthy New York merchant. Crittenton founded the mission in memory of his daughter, Florence, who had died at the age of four. The purposes of this home were to reform 'fallen women' and preach salvation and hope, and to provide shelter for unmarried, pregnant women and girls.