Showcase House Opens Today; Benefits Children’s Society

AREAWIDE —  The Showcase House of Design, sponsored by several San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire auxiliaries of the Children’s Home Society of California, opens today in Upland.

The home, a 19th-Century, American Colonial revival at 1894 Euclid Ave., has had a series of prominent owners since it was built in 1895. It is believed that architect Homer W. Glidden renovated the interior in 1911.

The fund-raiser is staged by these society auxiliaries: Casa Alegre of Upland; Casa Ninos of San Bernardino/Rialto; Bonne Meres of Redlands; Para Ninos of Riverside; Claremont; Cradle Guild of San Dimas/Walnut, and Les Guardiens of Diamond Bar.

The society provides adoption and foster care services, respite care for families of handicapped children, pregnancy and child-parent counseling, group home care, day care, single-parent outreach and public education.

The showcase house will be open through May 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, with extended hours to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. Tickets are $10.