Putnam Hall School (opened for pupils Sept 1871; closed 1940) is a bygone notable nonsectarian boarding school for girls formerly located in
Poughkeepsie, New York.
History
Predecessor school, Brooks Seminary
Putnam Hall was the successor to an earlier nonsectarian girls boarding school on the same property. It was named Brooks Seminary for Young Ladies. Brooks Seminary was founded September 1871 – not long after the opening of
Vassar College. Mary Bryan Johnson (maiden) was its founder. She and her future husband, Edward White, erected a building on six acres of elevated grounds in the southeastern section of Poughkeepsie at the corner of what then was Southeast and Hanscom Avenues. Due to competition from Vassar Preparatory School, Brooks Seminary moved to 11 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn, New York, around 1880. The last news article of a Brooks Seminary commencement was June 11, 1881 —
New York Herald-Tribune.
Putnam Hall School
After an interval of use as a hotel and Vassar dormitory, the Poughkeepsie building and property again launched as a new girls' boarding school in about 1901 under the name of Putnam Hall.[1]
Bartlett Park
Miss Ellen Clizbe Bartlett, who presided as proprietor and principal of Putnam Hall when it closed in 1940, donated the six acres to the city of Poughkeepsie. It is now a city park, known as Bartlett Park.
Former directors and leadership
Directors and leadership of Brooks Seminary
Edmund P. Platt (b. 2 Dec 1843;
Poughkeepsie), director
Mary Bryan White née Johnson, proprietor & head of school, Brooks Seminary
Mrs. Hanks (capacity not known)
Amy Johnson, teacher
Miss Minna Hinkle ( –1929), teacher of French and German
Directors and leadership of Putnam Hall School
Miss Ellen Clizbe Bartlett (A.B.,
Elmira College) (1864–1944), principal since 1905 and connected with the school since 1901
References
^Edmund Platt, The Eagle's History of Poughkeepsie from Earliest Settlements 1683 to 1905
Putnam Hall School (opened for pupils Sept 1871; closed 1940) is a bygone notable nonsectarian boarding school for girls formerly located in
Poughkeepsie, New York.
History
Predecessor school, Brooks Seminary
Putnam Hall was the successor to an earlier nonsectarian girls boarding school on the same property. It was named Brooks Seminary for Young Ladies. Brooks Seminary was founded September 1871 – not long after the opening of
Vassar College. Mary Bryan Johnson (maiden) was its founder. She and her future husband, Edward White, erected a building on six acres of elevated grounds in the southeastern section of Poughkeepsie at the corner of what then was Southeast and Hanscom Avenues. Due to competition from Vassar Preparatory School, Brooks Seminary moved to 11 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn, New York, around 1880. The last news article of a Brooks Seminary commencement was June 11, 1881 —
New York Herald-Tribune.
Putnam Hall School
After an interval of use as a hotel and Vassar dormitory, the Poughkeepsie building and property again launched as a new girls' boarding school in about 1901 under the name of Putnam Hall.[1]
Bartlett Park
Miss Ellen Clizbe Bartlett, who presided as proprietor and principal of Putnam Hall when it closed in 1940, donated the six acres to the city of Poughkeepsie. It is now a city park, known as Bartlett Park.
Former directors and leadership
Directors and leadership of Brooks Seminary
Edmund P. Platt (b. 2 Dec 1843;
Poughkeepsie), director
Mary Bryan White née Johnson, proprietor & head of school, Brooks Seminary
Mrs. Hanks (capacity not known)
Amy Johnson, teacher
Miss Minna Hinkle ( –1929), teacher of French and German
Directors and leadership of Putnam Hall School
Miss Ellen Clizbe Bartlett (A.B.,
Elmira College) (1864–1944), principal since 1905 and connected with the school since 1901
References
^Edmund Platt, The Eagle's History of Poughkeepsie from Earliest Settlements 1683 to 1905