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	Carson College for Orphan Girls
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
	Mother Goose Cottage (1917-1920).
Location	Between W. Mill and Wissahickon Rds., Flourtown, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°06′00″N 75°13′16″W / 40.10000°N 75.22111°W
Area	90 acres (36 ha)
Built	1917-1932
Architect	Kelsey, Albert; Et al.
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	91000227
Added to NRHP	March 15, 1991

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Carson College for Orphan Girls, also known as Carson Valley School, is a historic school complex and national historic district located in Flourtown, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The buildings remain in active use by the same institution, now coeducational and named Carson Valley Children's Aid.

Buildings

The district encompasses nine contributing buildings. They are an assemblage of low-scale, Tudor Revival style structures built between 1917 and 1932. It includes the Mother Goose Cottage (1917-1920), Red Gables Cottage (1917-1920), Stork Hill (1918), Thistle Cottage (1917-1920), Upper Beech Cottage (c. 1930), Lower Beech Cottage (c. 1930), Beech Branch Cottage (c. 1930), a garage (1917-1920), and a shop / storehouse (1932). The campus was designed by architect Albert Kelsey (1870-1950) to be reminiscent of a 16th-century English village.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

The school

Founded in 1917 by Philadelphia philanthropists Robert and Isabel Carson, the school was renamed Carson Valley Children's Aid (CVCA) after a 2008 merger with the Norristown-based Children's Aid Society. CVCA provides regular and special education, behavioral therapy and psychotherapy for 6th–12th grade boys and girls who have behavioral disorders or mental illnesses, in residential as well as day school programs.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on September 14, 2005. Retrieved May 12, 2012. Note: This includes Alice Kent Schooler (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carson College for Orphan Girls" (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2012.
^ "About CVCA: History and Mission". Carson Valley Children's Aid. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "About Our Services: Campus Life". Carson Valley Children's Aid. Archived from the original on July 31, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

External links

Carson Valley Children's Aid

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on September 14, 2005. Retrieved May 12, 2012. Note: This includes Alice Kent Schooler (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carson College for Orphan Girls" (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2012.

[3] "About CVCA: History and Mission". Carson Valley Children's Aid. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

[4] "About Our Services: Campus Life". Carson Valley Children's Aid. Archived from the original on July 31, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

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 '''Carson College for Orphan Girls''', also known as '''Carson Valley School''', is a historic [[school]] complex and national [[Historic district (United States)|historic district]] located in [[Flourtown, Pennsylvania|Flourtown]], [[Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Springfield Township]], [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]. The buildings remain in active use by the same institution, now   [[coeducational]] and named '''Carson Valley Children's Aid'''.
 == Buildings ==
-The district encompasses nine contributing buildings.  They are an assemblage of low-scale, [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] style structures built between 1917 and 1932.  It includes the Mother Goose Cottage (1917-1920), Red Gables Cottage (1917-1920), Stork Hill (1918), Thistle Cottage (1917-1920), Upper Beech Cottage (c. 1930), Lower Beech Cottage (c. 1930), Beech Branch Cottage (c. 1930), a garage (1917-1920), and a shop / storehouse (1932).  The campus was designed by noted architect [[Albert Kelsey]] (1870-1950) to be reminiscent of a 16th-century English village.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H087264_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carson College for Orphan Girls| accessdate = 2012-05-11| author = Alice Kent Schooler| format = PDF| date= December 1990}}</ref>
+The district encompasses nine contributing buildings.  They are an assemblage of low-scale, [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] style structures built between 1917 and 1932.  It includes the Mother Goose Cottage (1917-1920), Red Gables Cottage (1917-1920), Stork Hill (1918), Thistle Cottage (1917-1920), Upper Beech Cottage (c. 1930), Lower Beech Cottage (c. 1930), Beech Branch Cottage (c. 1930), a garage (1917-1920), and a shop / storehouse (1932).  The campus was designed by architect [[Albert Kelsey]] (1870-1950) to be reminiscent of a 16th-century English village.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = May 12, 2012| archive-date = September 14, 2005| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050914194407/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H087264_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carson College for Orphan Girls| accessdate = 2012-05-11| author = Alice Kent Schooler| format = PDF| date = December 1990}}</ref>
 It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1991.<ref name="nris"/>
 == The school ==
-Founded in 1917 by [[Philadelphia]] philanthropists Robert and Isabel Carson, the school was renamed Carson Valley Children's Aid (CVCA) after a 2008 merger with the [[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]]-based Children's Aid Society. CVCA provides regular and [[Special education|special]] education, [[behavioral therapy]] and [[psychotherapy]] for 6th–12th grade boys and girls who have [[behavioral disorder]]s or [[mental illness]]es, in [[Boarding school|residential]] as well as day school programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=About CVCA: History and Mission|url=http://www.carsonvalley.org/history|website=Carson Valley Children's Aid|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=About Our Services: Campus Life|url=http://www.carsonvalley.org/pages/2---about-our-services/residential-life|website=Carson Valley Children's Aid|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
+Founded in 1917 by [[Philadelphia]] philanthropists Robert and Isabel Carson, the school was renamed Carson Valley Children's Aid (CVCA) after a 2008 merger with the [[Norristown, Pennsylvania|Norristown]]-based Children's Aid Society. CVCA provides regular and [[Special education|special]] education, [[behavioral therapy]] and [[psychotherapy]] for 6th–12th grade boys and girls who have [[behavioral disorder]]s or [[mental illness]]es, in [[Boarding school|residential]] as well as day school programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=About CVCA: History and Mission |url=http://www.carsonvalley.org/history |website=Carson Valley Children's Aid |accessdate=1 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808045658/http://www.carsonvalley.org/history |archivedate=8 August 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Our Services: Campus Life |url=http://www.carsonvalley.org/pages/2---about-our-services/residential-life |website=Carson Valley Children's Aid |accessdate=1 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731120054/http://www.carsonvalley.org/pages/2---about-our-services/residential-life |archivedate=31 July 2014 }}</ref>
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
+{{commons category|Carson Valley School}}
 *[http://www.carsonvalley.org Carson Valley Children's Aid]
 {{Springfield Township Montco}}
 {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
+{{authority control}}
 [[Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania]]
 [[Category:Tudor Revival architecture in Pennsylvania]]
-[[Category:School buildings completed in 1932]]
+[[Category:1917 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
 [[Category:Schools in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]
 [[Category:Private middle schools in Pennsylvania]]
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 [[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania]]
 [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania]]
-{{MontgomeryCountyPA-NRHP-stub}}

v t e Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Founded 1681
Communities	Oreland Erdenheim Flourtown Lafayette Hill Fort Washington Laverock North Hills Glenside Wyndmoor
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