History - 1901 thru 1925




		1901 At 12:55 a.m. on January 8, 1901 two young men are walking down Plymouth Avenue when they see flames and smoke coming from the Rochester Orphan Asylum. 1901 fire Accidents and Their prevention, page 15. 2001 memorial to 1901 fire 1902 Mrs. Laura B. Adams wills to the Asylum a one-sixth interest in the Colonel Klink tract of approximately 30 acres at Cobbs Hill. This is now the present site of Hillside Children’s Center’s Monroe Avenue Campus. A House Built High on a Hill - 1903 newspaper article House of Colonel Klink. - Note that Hillside can be seen on the hill in the background. 1905 The "Cottage Plan" is erected at 1183 Monroe Avenue, where the children "would live in an environment of fresh air, green fields, and the uplifting life of the open was needed." Rochester Orphan Asylum is transferred from Hubbell Park to this location. Four cottages are built: Eastman (gift of George Eastman), Lella (gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Mulligan), Sunnyside, and Fairview (the latter two from institution funds). Monthly meeting entry - document Bausch, Potter, Lang, Cook, Lella, Eastman Hall, Sunnyside, Ely, Woodside, Administration Mrs. Mulligan Picture of Pinnacle Hill with cottages Lang Cottage, Lella Cottage, Sunnyside Cottage "Hillside’s History: The Story of the Cottages." George Eastman Devotion to Hillside George Eastman A House Built High on a Hill - Newspaper article 1903 Map of Cottage Plan Map of building locations on hill 1906 Mr. William Von Dohlen takes over leadership of the Rochester Orphan Asylum just one year after it reopened on Pinnacle Hill. Under Mr. Von Dohlen’s direction, children help with chores and work in the community. Mr. Von Dohlen encourages the children to split their earnings three ways – "to spend, to save, to give away." 1906 Orphanage Letter 1911 Bausch cottage is built with a gymnasium attached (gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Bausch, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bausch, Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Lomb, Mr. and Mrs. William Bausch, and Mr. and Mrs. William A.E. Drescher). Wooster Farm on Westfall Road is purchased, boasting 92 acres. 1910 Bausch log Bausch Cottage Edward Bausch William Bausch - on right 1913 For nearly 28 years, the Infants' Summer Hospital operated in a primitive hospital setting with pitched tents on Lake Ontario’s shore. This year, a new building is constructed on Beach Avenue replacing the original tents. Infants' Summer Hospital 24th Year document 25th Year document Dr. Moore Executive Committee Report 1918 Rochester Orphan Asylum becomes a charter member of Rochester’s first community chest. Community Chest 1920 Ely cottage is erected as a memorial to Lieutenant William S. Ely, who lost his life in the Great War (gift of his mother Mrs. William S. Ely). 1919 Ely Cottage - document William S. Ely Home William S. Ely, Sr. (father of Lieutenant William S. Ely) Lieutenant William S. Ely War Service Record 1921 Gone were the days when "benevolent" middle and upper class women would take a child from his or her home and place them in an institution, sheltered from the evil world and defective parenting. Banished were words like orphanage and asylum. If a child couldn’t be helped from within the framework of the family he or she would be removed only on a temporary basis and put into an institution more like a "normal" home than any asylum of the past century had ever been. Children who could not be returned to their biological families for a while, if ever, were placed in foster care. Hence, the name change to Hillside Home for Children, which was in keeping with the desire to be rid of the negativity of the traditional institutions of the past. --Excerpt from A New Era in Child Care by Jane Yunker Hillside Home for Children - logo Hillside Name Change - document