Hutton Settlement

The Hutton Settlement was founded 1919 by Levi Hutton. The number of children at the home declined over the years as state social service agencies decided that individual foster homes were preferable to a group home. Only four boys were living there when it closed in 1951. Various groups have used the building since then. Today, it is occupied by Transitions, which uses the former orphanage as a transitional housing center for women and children.

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Thu., Nov. 10, 2016

Levi W. Hutton founded the Hutton Settlement in 1919. "Daddy Hutton" served as a role model for the children for nine years until his death on November 3, 1928.

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The barn at the Hutton Settlement in this 1928 photo.

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Aerial photo of Hutton settlement in this 1933 photo.

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Hutton Settlement Administration Building Tower in this 1936 photo.

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In this 1940 photo, "We wish our teachers could see us now", the girls at Cottage No. 2, Hutton Settlement said as they obligingly posed for this picture in the library of the cottage. Left to right seated are Elsie Heffernar, Anita Abramson, Lorraine Simmons and Sylvia Olson. Standing Julie Napier, Vonita Baker.

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Cottage No. 2 at Hutton Settlement isn't a cottage at all, but a handsome brick home for 14 teenage girls in this 1946 photo. Here are Mrs. J.G. Korte, house mother, and five of the girls standing in the doorway. Left to right are Pearl Grater, Julia Napier, Vonita Baker, Mrs, Korte, Gladys Bervar and Sylvia Olson.

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One of the dormitories at Hutton settlement in this 1947 photo.

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In this 1969 photo, Charles A Gonsel, manager of the Hutton Estate & supervisor of Hutton Settlement, chats with Mary Hodgson, 14 and Cathy Davidson, 13.

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