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Carson College for Orphan Girls | |
Standort | Between W. Mill and Wissahickon Rds., Flourtown, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania |
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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[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 15, 1991 |
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" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Alice Kent Schooler (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carson College for Orphan Girls" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ^ "About CVCA: History and Mission". Carson Valley Children's Aid. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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External links
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Tudor Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- School buildings completed in 1932
- Schools in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Private middle schools in Pennsylvania
- Private high schools in Pennsylvania
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania