Virginia Episcopal School | |
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![]() Jett Hall, VES's main building | |
Address | |
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400 VES Road , 24503 | |
Coordinates | 37°27′9.5″N 79°11′26.5″W / 37.452639°N 79.190694°W |
Information | |
Other name | VES |
Type | Private, college preparatory, boarding and day school |
Motto | "Toward Full Stature" |
Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopalian |
Established | 1916 |
Founder | Reverend Robert Carter Jett |
Head of school | Garth Q. Ainslie |
Faculty | 40 |
Grades | 9-12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrollment | 260 |
Average class size | 11 |
Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
Campus size | 160 acres (0.65 km2) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Garnet and White |
Athletics conference | Virginia Independent Conference (Boys) Blue Ridge Conference (Girls) |
Team name | The Fighting Bishops |
Website |
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Virginia Episcopal School | |
Location | 400 Virginia Episcopal School Rd., Lynchburg, Virginia |
Area | 160 acres (65 ha) |
Built | 1916 |
Architect | Brooke, Frederick H. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 92001392 [1] |
VLR No. | 118-0224 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 28, 1992 |
Designated VLR | June 17, 1992 [2] |
Virginia Episcopal School (VES) is a private, co-educational college preparatory, boarding and day school for students in grades 9 - 12, located in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. The school was first conceived in 1906 by the Reverend Robert Carter Jett, and opened its doors to students in September 1916. Virginia Episcopal School's 160-acre (0.65 km2) campus is located above the James River in Lynchburg along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Virginia Episcopal School's early benefactor, Viscountess Astor, the first female member of British Parliament, donated much of the school's initial endowment while visiting her family home, Mirador, in Albemarle County. Lady Astor maintained a keen interest in the school for the rest of her life and was instrumental in having her father Chiswell Langhorne donate the school chapel in memory of his wife Nancy Witcher Keene (parents of Lady Astor). [3]
Virginia Episcopal School opened its doors to students in September 1916. Jett Hall was completed the same year under the direction of Frederick H. Brooke, a prominent Washington architect. Pendleton Hall was completed in 1918, enabling enrollment to be increased from sixty-three to one-hundred eleven boys. In 1919, Langhorne Memorial Chapel was consecrated. This was followed by the opening of Barksdale Gymnasium in 1920. As bishop of the newly-created Diocese of Southwest Virginia, Bishop Jett would serve ex officio as chairman of the school's board of trustees until his retirement in 1938.
Originally all-white, the school was racially integrated in 1967, when the first two black students entered the school in a successful initiative organized by the Stouffer Foundation, which also arranged the integration of other elite prep schools in the South, including Saint Andrew's School in Florida, the Asheville School in North Carolina, and the Westminster School in Georgia. [4]
Virginia Episcopal School | |
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![]() | |
![]() Jett Hall, VES's main building | |
Address | |
| |
400 VES Road , 24503 | |
Coordinates | 37°27′9.5″N 79°11′26.5″W / 37.452639°N 79.190694°W |
Information | |
Other name | VES |
Type | Private, college preparatory, boarding and day school |
Motto | "Toward Full Stature" |
Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopalian |
Established | 1916 |
Founder | Reverend Robert Carter Jett |
Head of school | Garth Q. Ainslie |
Faculty | 40 |
Grades | 9-12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrollment | 260 |
Average class size | 11 |
Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
Campus size | 160 acres (0.65 km2) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Garnet and White |
Athletics conference | Virginia Independent Conference (Boys) Blue Ridge Conference (Girls) |
Team name | The Fighting Bishops |
Website |
www |
Virginia Episcopal School | |
Location | 400 Virginia Episcopal School Rd., Lynchburg, Virginia |
Area | 160 acres (65 ha) |
Built | 1916 |
Architect | Brooke, Frederick H. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 92001392 [1] |
VLR No. | 118-0224 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 28, 1992 |
Designated VLR | June 17, 1992 [2] |
Virginia Episcopal School (VES) is a private, co-educational college preparatory, boarding and day school for students in grades 9 - 12, located in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. The school was first conceived in 1906 by the Reverend Robert Carter Jett, and opened its doors to students in September 1916. Virginia Episcopal School's 160-acre (0.65 km2) campus is located above the James River in Lynchburg along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Virginia Episcopal School's early benefactor, Viscountess Astor, the first female member of British Parliament, donated much of the school's initial endowment while visiting her family home, Mirador, in Albemarle County. Lady Astor maintained a keen interest in the school for the rest of her life and was instrumental in having her father Chiswell Langhorne donate the school chapel in memory of his wife Nancy Witcher Keene (parents of Lady Astor). [3]
Virginia Episcopal School opened its doors to students in September 1916. Jett Hall was completed the same year under the direction of Frederick H. Brooke, a prominent Washington architect. Pendleton Hall was completed in 1918, enabling enrollment to be increased from sixty-three to one-hundred eleven boys. In 1919, Langhorne Memorial Chapel was consecrated. This was followed by the opening of Barksdale Gymnasium in 1920. As bishop of the newly-created Diocese of Southwest Virginia, Bishop Jett would serve ex officio as chairman of the school's board of trustees until his retirement in 1938.
Originally all-white, the school was racially integrated in 1967, when the first two black students entered the school in a successful initiative organized by the Stouffer Foundation, which also arranged the integration of other elite prep schools in the South, including Saint Andrew's School in Florida, the Asheville School in North Carolina, and the Westminster School in Georgia. [4]