Hutton Settlement

The Hutton Settlement was founded 1919 by Levi Hutton. For nearly 100 years, the children's home has helped countless children in need.

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Mon., Nov. 14, 2016

Hutton Settlement in this 1924 photo.

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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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Hutton Settlement in this 1928 photo.

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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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In this 1936 photo, two boys harvest hay in a field in Hutton Settlement.

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Cottage No 1 at the Hutton Settlement in this 1936 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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In this 1940 photo, many hands make even dish washing a light task. Here are the four girls on the dish washing detail at cottage No. 2 at Hutton Settlement. From left to right, they are: Anita Abramson, Dorothy Rowe, Ruth Baker and Julia Napier. Each of the 14 girls in the cottage has set work scheduled for her to do. The cottage and the dishes glisten.

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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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In this 1947 photo, three residents pose for a photo from the windows in one of the buildings at Hutton Settlement, Home for Homeless Boys & Girls.

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

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In this 1949 photo, people washing dishes at the Hutton Settlement.

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In this 1949 photo, children at Hutton Settlement work on their chores.

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In this 1961 photo, this new skating rink at Hutton settlement was the Christmas gift of Washington Water Power Co and Murphy Brothers, contractors. The rink was ready for use Dec 14 when the seven children at the settlement who owned skates arose at 5:30 a.m. to skate until school time. There are 53 children ranging from first graders to high school seniors living at the settlement.

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This is the bell from the old Northern Pacific Railway engine, on which Levi W. Hutton once was engineer. It sits on the Hutton Settlement campus in this 1969 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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This undated historical photo of Levi Hutton, center, who died in 1928, and his "kids" hangs in at the Hutton Settlement, the orphanage he founded late in his life in 1919. On Saturday, July 18, 2009, the orphanage celebrated 90 years of continuous operation.

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Levi Hutton, a former Ohio and Spokane business man, is surrounded by his charges at the Hutton Settlement in this undated (from sometime between 1919 and 1928, the years of Hutton's death) historical photo that hangs at the orphanage which has operated for 90 years in the Spokane area.

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Babe Ruth, who was known as "America's most famous orphan," signs baseballs for children at the Hutton Settlement in 1926.

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