The Friendly Home building, located at 5767 Côte St. Antoine Road (corner of Draper) in Notre Dame de Grace, is the Head Office of The Isaiah 40 Foundation, and has served many and varied Christian organizations over the years.

It was built in 1919 by the Wesley Methodist Church to serve both as a Sunday School and as a church until provision could be made for the latter. In 1925, Church Union was accomplished and Wesley Methodist Church became Wesley United. In 1927, the church moved to its new building nearby. In 1931, the Sunday School also moved out and Draper Hall, as it was then known, was sold to the Militia who made a firing range in the basement. It was later sold to the Boy Scouts and then to the Christian Brethren, again as a Sunday School.

In 1959, Draper Hall was sold to The Friendly Home for Young Women and Babies. This organization for unwed mothers and their babies was begun in 1912 by Miss Hannah Smith and Mrs. Edith Dougall as "The Friendly Bible Class" in rented rooms on Richmond Square.

In 1915, with support from Welcome Hall Mission, "The Friendly Home for Girls" was set up in a small house on Cathedral Street. As larger premises were required, the Friendly Home moved to St. Antoine Street West, to St. Mark Street, and then in 1921 to 2284-2290 Dorchester Street West, its location for almost forty years.

From 1950 to 1975 the Superintendents of The Friendly Home were Mr. and Mrs. Harold and Olive Roulson. At Easter, 1960, The Friendly Home moved into Draper Hall. The spare lot was asphalted and turned into a play-yard for the children; the shooting range was converted into a long garage; the basement became a play area; classrooms became storerooms and laundry rooms.

Over the years, hundreds of children were cared for at The Friendly Home and very many were adopted.