Carson College for Orphan Girls
Carson College for Orphan Girls | |
 Mother Goose Cottage (1917-1920). | |
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| Location | Between W. Mill and Wissahickon Rds., Flourtown, Springfield Township, Pennsylvania |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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External links
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- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Tudor Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- 1917 establishments in Pennsylvania
- 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