Veltin School for Girls

Veltin School for Girls
Address
160–192 W. 74th Street

Manhattan, New York

United States
Information
TypePrivate
Established1886
Closed1924
PrincipalLouise Veltin, Isabelle Dwight Sprague Smith

Veltin School for Girls was a private school founded by Louise Veltin[a] in 1886 in Manhattan, New York. Veltin and Isabelle Dwight Sprague Smith were the school's principals.[6][7]

The school was initially located at 175 West 73rd Street,[8] but moved in 1892[8] to a five-story building located at 160–192 W. 74th Street. It prepared girls for education at Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Barnard and other colleges. In addition to classrooms, it had an art department, study rooms, an auditorium, a library and a gymnasium.[6][7] It was particularly noted for its French language and art instruction[9] and advanced classes, like physics, astronomy, and physiology. Robert Henri taught art, and Frank and Clara Damrosch taught music.[10] It was also called, or also had, the Veltin Studio at the location.[11]

Lillian Link, a graduate of the school, led an effort to raise the funds among other alumni for the construction of the Veltin Studio at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1912 in honor of Louise Veltin's role as an educator and philanthropist. Veltin sat on the board of the MacDowell Colony, and Link was later a resident artist at the colony. Link also managed the fund-raising for the Isabelle Sprague Smith Studio in 1915. Sprague Smith was a member of the MacDowell Club and a corporate member of the MacDowell Colony memorial association.[10]

The school was sold in 1924[12] to the De La Salle Institute. It is now the site of the Robert L. Beir Lower School Building of the Calhoun School, a co-educational private school.[13]

  1. ^ a b "Louise de L Veltin", Index to New York City Deaths 1862-1948, New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives, January 7, 1934
  2. ^ a b c "Louise Veltin passport application", NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 100; Volume #: Roll 0100 - Certificates: 19075-19974, 20 Jan 1910-05 Feb 1910, Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), January 22, 1910
  3. ^ a b "Louise Veltin", Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1930
  4. ^ "Miss Sprague Smith Weds Contess's Son". The New York Times. November 2, 1915. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ American Art Annual. MacMillan Company. 1903. p. 373.
  6. ^ a b Who's Who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. 1909. p. 1106.
  7. ^ a b "The Veltin School for Girls". The Independent. Jul 6, 1914. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  8. ^ a b "LOUISE VELTIN DIES; GIRLS' SCHOOL HEAD; For 37 Years She Conducted an Educational Institution in New York". The New York Times. January 8, 1934. p. 17. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  9. ^ The Handbook of Private Schools. P. Sargent. 1916. p. 169.
  10. ^ a b "The MacDowell Colony" (PDF). Signature: 25, 27, 28. June 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  11. ^ The Artists Year Book: A Handy Reference Book Wherein May be Found Interesting Data Pertaining to Artists, and Their Studio, Home and Summer Addresses ... Art League Publishing Association. 1905. p. 187.
  12. ^ Barbara Harback; Diane H. Touliatos-Banker; Diane Touliatos-Miles (January 1, 2010). Women in the Arts: Eccentric essays in music, visual arts and literature. Cambridge Scholars. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-4438-1672-4.
  13. ^ "The Calhoun School (bottom of the page)". The Calhoun School. Retrieved February 3, 2017.


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