St Catherine's School
- Also Known As: File No. 127-5886
- Historically Known As: Miss Jennies
- Historically Known As: Virginia Randolph Ellett School
- Address: 6001 Grove Ave
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1890/00/00 | Virginia Randolph Ellett | Vocation | Miss Jennie opens the "Virginia Randolph Ellett School" in her mother's Richmond, Virginia boarding house | |||
1905/00/00 | Edward Wren Hudgins | Education | Edward W Hudgins graduates for Richmond College, now University of Richmond, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. | |||
1917/00/00 | Virginia Randolph Ellett School moves to its present location, originally part of the 139-acre West View Farm | |||||
1920/00/00 | "Miss Jennie's" is incorporated into the newly established system of Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia and renamed St Catherine's School | |||||
1921/00/00 | Hobart Upjohn | Architect | St Catherine's School main buildings are constructed between 1922 and 1953 per the 1921 master plan by New York architect Hobart Upjohn | |||
1922/00/00 | Hobart Upjohn | Architect | Upjohn's brick, Georgian Revival, Ellett Hall, the first of school buildings, is built | |||
1937/00/00 | Charles F Gillette | Landscape Architect | Charles Gillette develops landscape plans for St Catherine's campus that includes the central game lawn and athletic field (now the Green) framed by a brick walk lined with paired elm trees. |
Particulars for St Catherine's School: | |
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Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Area of Significance | Education |
Historic Use | Educational related housing |
Sight Category | Historic District |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | School |
Area of Significance | Social History |
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