Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
H|LLCREST HOME
NEAR COMPLETION
Attractive Residence for
Youngsters Has No Resem-
bIance to 0rphanage.

''Hillcrest," the village for children
situated on beautifully laidout tract
of IA acres in the exclusive section of
Nebraska avenue at Loughborough
road will be occupied next month by
the happy group who are to make
their home there.
These children are the wards of the
Washington City Orphan Asylum. who
have been spending the Summer in
camp at Spring Valley. \. Y, since
the work of demolishing the old or
phanage at Fourteenth and 81 streets
started. When they return to Wash
ington September 3 they will find their
new home, one of the finest of its klnd
in the country, ready to welcome
them.
Only The Youngest of the 80 orphan
children are now at "Hlilcrest, pelns
TOO Young to leave the nursery for the
more rigorous life of a Summer camp.
They are happy lot of boys and girls
who delight in their new surround
ings and the wide open spaces about
them after the confinement of their
city quarters.
Built on Cottage Plan.
"HiIlcrest" is constructed on the
cottage plan, though each cottage has
the appearance of an exclusive SUBJ
urban residence of stone and Stucco.
Zach of the four buildings is ready Tor
occupancy. and all that remains TO be
done is to complete the outdoor play
facilities and sod the spacious lawns
that will add SO much to the genera;
appearance of the village" when that
is completed. Appleton Clark. jr.. the
architect, made an inspection trip
about the country before drawing the
plans for this unique village, which
embodies all the advanced ideas OF the
cottage type.
One other building is 10 be added
to the group soon, an administrative
cottage, which will be located in the
front and center of the scattered
group. Work on this structure has
not vet begun.
Hillcrest is situated in close proX-
unity to the beautiful grounds or
American University and adjoins the
grounds of the Mount Vernon Semi
nary. Across its wide frontage on Ne
braSka avenue, behind which are the
playground facilities, stretches an iron
fence, which once was a part of the
old Capitol fence, given to the or
phanage by Congress. after the Brit.
ish burned the Capitol Building in
1914
Occupants Number fifty.
About so children will occupy the
handsome cottages next month, small
groups of boys and girls occupying
three of the cottages, while the fourth
has been set aside for the new cleo
trio laundry and homes for the su.
perintendent and janitor and an in
Urinary. Until construction of the ad-
ninistrative building. offices are being
maintained temporarily in one Of the
cottages.
The older children will attend the
Tenleytown Public School and the 10.
cal high schools. while the little
youngsters will have all the advan
tages of kindergarten training at
Hillcrest. For the older girls there
will also be classes in domestic
science.
In establishing this novel home for
the Washington City Orphange, the
management has succeeded in oblit-
Grating every trace of color and at
mosphere which is SO generally asso-
ciated with orphanages. Its hand
some buildings with their comfortable.
even luxurious. furnishings, are more