Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls

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Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls (Dormitory)
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The school's dormitory building
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Location154 S. Euclid Ave., Pasadena, California
Coordinates 34°8′36″N118°8′33″W / 34.14333°N 118.14250°W / 34.14333; -118.14250 Coordinates: 34°8′36″N118°8′33″W / 34.14333°N 118.14250°W / 34.14333; -118.14250
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1900 (1900)
Built byDaniels & Perry
Architect Frederick Roehrig
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 95000998 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1995

Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls was a private girls' school in Pasadena, California. The school, which was run by educator Anna Orton, opened in 1890. The school was designed to prepare girls for a higher education at a college in the Eastern United States, as most secondary schools in Pasadena at the time assumed their students would go to Stanford or Berkeley if they desired further education.

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Curriculum

The school's college preparatory curriculum reflected a national shift in women's educational opportunities; until the late nineteenth century, girls' schools were mainly finishing schools or arts schools and were not academically equivalent to men's schools. Miss Orton's School was the first non-religious private girls' school in Pasadena, as well as the only such school in the city until 1913, making Orton a pioneer of women's education in Pasadena. The school closed in 1930. [2]

Brief History

The first building at the school, which housed a single classroom, was constructed in 1892. A gymnasium was built at a later point, and a dormitory was constructed in 1900. A bungalow which served as Miss Orton's home was built in 1908. The buildings were designed by Frederick Roehrig in the Victorian Colonial Revival style; they were probably the only educational buildings designed by Roehrig, a significant Southern California architect. The classroom and gymnasium burned down between 1910 and 1925 and were replaced by a social hall. The dormitory is now the only building remaining at its original location; while the bungalow is also still at the site of the school, it was moved to a new foundation in 1947. [2] The dormitory was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 4, 1995. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Gerber, Melise; Jeffrey Harlan (October 2, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Miss Orton's Classical School for Girls (Dormitory)". National Park Service . Retrieved September 5, 2013. Accompanied by photos.