Orchard Downs

            Orchard Downs was largely completed in three phases, the first units completed in 1960. [1]  The $2.1M second phase, known simply as Orchard Downs Addition, added 160 additional units.  Although originally intended for married student housing, they were used as undergraduate male housing for 700 men [2] under the direction of Calvin Sifferd [3] for one year before being reassigned as married student housing. [4]  The final phase, Orchard South, was completed in 1968 and provided an additional 252 units.  Its $2.1M price tag was largely funded by a Department of Housing and Urban Development loan. [5]