Carson College for Orphan Girls


Carson College for Orphan Girls
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Mother Goose Cottage (1917-1920).
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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 / 40.10000; -75.22111Coordinates: 40°06′00″N 75°13′16″W / 40.10000°N 75.22111°W / 40.10000; -75.22111
Area	90 acres (36 ha)
Built	1917-1932
Architect	Kelsey, Albert; Et al.
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference #	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 noted 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

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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.
↑ "About Our Services: Campus Life". Carson Valley Children's Aid. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

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Carson Valley Children's Aid

Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Founded 1681

Communities	Oreland Erdenheim Flourtown Lafayette Hill Fort Washington Laverock North Hills Glenside Wyndmoor

Education	Springfield Township School District Springfield Township High School La Salle College High School Mount Saint Joseph Academy

Infrastructure	Flourtown Fire Company

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Landmarks	Springfield Mill Stotesbury Club House John Welsh House Yeakle and Miller Houses Carson College for Orphan Girls Whitemarsh Hall Black Horse Inn

See Also	The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential

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