When Lady Frederick Cavendish remarked that "When one lives in Paradise, how hard it must be to ascend in heart and mind to heaven" (no doubt enscounced in her Cliveden when she uttered these words), she captured a sentiment shared by many of her country aristocrats.

The group--sometimes known as Milner's Kindergarten, after its patron, Lord Milner, and sometimes as the Cliveden Set, because of its connection with the Astor family--included among others Philip Kerr (later, as Lord Lothian, Britain's ambassador to Washington during World War II), Lionel Curtis (founder of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House) and Geoffrey Dawson (to be for twenty-six years editor of the Times, when that newspaper still had great political influence).

Responding to "Build the Trust," the first-ever building challenge issued to adult enthusiasts by the LEGO Group and National Trust for Historic Preservation, 35 hobbyists showcased the power of LEGO building, using bricks and elements to recreate the charm and detail of more than 40 historic structures, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House in Chicago, Cliveden in Philadelphia and the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois.