"In a side room, on our way out, we see a playroom fitted up for the wee tots. The walls are decorated with the kind of pictures children delight in looking at, and tiny benches and tables do their bits in making life a happy one for these fortunate youngsters."

Richmond Times-Dispatch,
November 4, 1934

"Our approach is hailed by the shrill yelps of "Jiggs," the cottage mascot. He is a black and white terrier and takes upon himself the duties of escort through the house. "Jiggs" is one of the children's pets, and Sister Esther smilingly admits that "yes, of course, the children may have pets. This is a different kind of orphan asylum. This is a HOME."

Richmond Times-Dispatch,
November 4, 1934

"A radio panel in one room offers a public address system communicating with all rooms in the building. Here the bishop, the Sister superior or the pupils themselves may broadcast an address to the whole school or to any single room desired."

Richmond Times-Dispatch,
November 4, 1934

A "profitable farm is conducted on the section which lies across the Richmond-Ashland Railway tracks."

Richmond Times-Dispatch,
November 4, 1934

This is the streetcar train that carried the St. Joseph's Villa Sisters and orphans to and from Richmond.