the president of the Birmingham, Michigan school district, was responsible for the planting of the pine trees that today cover the hill. Birmingham Seaholm High School is named for Ernest Seaholm. Seaholm never lived on Waterford Hill. Development Waterford Hill was home to two fruit tree farms prior to the hill being developed in 1956. That year, Samuel W. Leib bought most of the southern side of the hill and, along with Donald E. White, developed the property, calling the new subdivision Waterford Hill Manor. Phase one of the development saw the building of residential streets; Balmoral Terrace, Bergate Lane, Brandeis Circle, Curtis Lane, Georgetown Court, Olympus Circle, Waterford Hill Terrace, and Wellesley Terrace Olympus Circle, atop Waterford Hill, is the highest elevation of any residential street in Independence Township. In 1969, phase two of the residential development saw more streets constructed. The extension of Balmoral Terrace from Curtis Lane to Parview Drive, the extension of Wellesley Terrace from Curtis Lane to Parview Drive, the extension of Curtis Lane from Wellesley Terrace to Andersonville Road and the addition of Leib Court off of Wellesley Terrace and Eddystone Circle off of Curtis Lane allowed for more homes to be built. As of 2013, there were 265 homes in Waterford Hill Manor and 609 residents as of 2016. In 1987, another development began on the northern side of Waterford Hill on Suicide Hill, Middle Hill and Three Layer Hill. Streets were built and named Ridgeview Dr. (off Dixie Hwy), Timberway Trail (off of Ridgeway Trail) and Scenic Pines Court (off of Timberway Trail). Condominiums were built on the development and were called Clarkston Bluffs. Lakes The Clinton River winds its way downstream around Waterford Hill and through the four lakes that surround the hill; Greens Lake (117 acres, 55 foot depth), Lester Lake (12 acres, 25 foot depth), Van Norman Lake (66 acres, 90 foot depth), and Townsend Lake (26 acres, 55 foot depth). Greens Lake was named for John Green (b.1794-d.1851) who owned a 200-acre farm along the eastern shore of the lake. Lester Lake was named for William Lester, an early Oakland County settler. Van Norman Lake was named for Zenas Harvey Van Norman, who owned the property along the entire northern shore of the lake from 1886 to 1916. Townsend Lake was named for Townsend Carpenter Beardslee. The son of John W. Beardslee (the first settler in Independence Township),