Veltin School for Girls

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Veltin School for Girls
Location
160–192 West 74th Street

Manhattan
,
New York

United States
Information
TypePrivate
Established1886
Founder Louise Veltin
Closed1924
Principal Isabelle Sprague Smith

Veltin School for Girls was a private school founded in Manhattan, New York. It was founded by Louise Veltin in 1886. The school was sold to the De La Salle Institute in 1924.

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History

Veltin School for Girls was a private school founded by Louise Veltin [a] in 1886 in Manhattan, New York. Veltin and Isabelle Sprague Smith were the school's principals. [6] [7]

Lillian Link, a graduate of the school, led an effort to raise the funds among other alumni for the construction of the Veltin Studio at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1912 in honor of Louise Veltin's role as an educator and philanthropist. Veltin sat on the board of the MacDowell Colony, and Link was later a resident artist at the colony. Link also managed the fund-raising for the Isabelle Sprague Smith Studio in 1915. Sprague Smith was a member of the MacDowell Club and a corporate member of the MacDowell Colony memorial association. [8]

The school was sold in 1924 to the De La Salle Institute. [9] It is now the site of the Robert L. Beir Lower School Building of the Calhoun School, a co-educational private school. [10]

Campus

The school was initially located at 175 West 73rd Street, [11] but moved in 1892 [11] to a five-story building located at 160–192 W. 74th Street. In addition to classrooms, it had an art department, study rooms, an auditorium, a library and a gymnasium. [6] [7]

Academics

The school prepared girls for education at Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Barnard and other colleges. It was particularly noted for its French language and art instruction [12] and advanced classes, like physics, astronomy, and physiology. Robert Henri taught art, and Frank and Clara Damrosch taught music. [8] It was also called, or also had, the Veltin Studio at the location. [13]

Student life

The school had a chapter of Phi Mu Gamma that was established in 1902. [14]

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty

References

  1. 1 2 "Louise de L Veltin", Index to New York City Deaths 1862-1948, New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives, January 7, 1934
  2. 1 2 3 "Louise Veltin passport application", NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 100; Volume #: Roll 0100 - Certificates: 19075-19974, 20 Jan 1910-05 Feb 1910, Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), January 22, 1910
  3. 1 2 "Louise Veltin", Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1930
  4. ↑ "Miss Sprague Smith Weds Contess's Son". The New York Times. November 2, 1915. p. 11. Retrieved February 3, 2017– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ American Art Annual. MacMillan Company. 1903. p. 373.
  6. 1 2 Who's Who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. 1909. p. 1106.
  7. 1 2 "The Veltin School for Girls". The Independent. July 6, 1914. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The MacDowell Colony" (PDF). Signature: 25, 27, 28. June 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ Barbara Harback; Diane H. Touliatos-Banker; Diane Touliatos-Miles (January 1, 2010). Women in the Arts: Eccentric essays in music, visual arts and literature. Cambridge Scholars. p. 64. ISBN   978-1-4438-1672-4.
  10. ↑ "The Calhoun School (bottom of the page)". The Calhoun School. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "LOUISE VELTIN DIES; GIRLS' SCHOOL HEAD; For 37 Years She Conducted an Educational Institution in New York" . The New York Times. January 8, 1934. p. 17. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  12. ↑ The Handbook of Private Schools. P. Sargent. 1916. p. 169.
  13. ↑ The Artists Year Book: A Handy Reference Book Wherein May be Found Interesting Data Pertaining to Artists, and Their Studio, Home and Summer Addresses ... Art League Publishing Association. 1905. p. 187.
  14. ↑ Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (July 11, 2025) "Phi Mu Gamma". Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities . Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed October 17, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Who's Who in California". Who's Who Publishing Company. 1943. pp. 158–235. Retrieved February 3, 2017– via ebooksread.com.[ dead link ]
  16. ↑ Crete Cage (October 9, 1938). "Social Leader Takes Interest in Youth". The Los Angeles Times. p. 65. Retrieved February 3, 2017– via newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ David Bernard Dearinger (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925. Hudson Hills. p. 276. ISBN   978-1-55595-029-3.
  18. ↑ Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carrie Rebora Barratt; Lori Zabar (January 1, 2010). American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 262. ISBN   978-1-58839-357-9.
  19. ↑ Bennard B. Perlman; Arthur Bowen Davies (1998). The Lives, Loves, and Art of Arthur B. Davies. SUNY Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN   978-0-7914-3835-0.
  20. ↑ Dominique H. Vasseur (2007). Edna Boies Hopkins: Strong in Character, Colorful in Expression. Ohio University Press. p. 5. ISBN   978-0-8214-1769-0.
  21. ↑ Jeffrey Weidman; Oberlin College Library (2000). Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: A Biographical Dictionary. Kent State University Press. p. 423. ISBN   978-0-87338-616-6.
  1. ↑ Louise Veltin, also Louise de l'Veltin, [1] was born in Paris, France, on January 8, 1856. [2] Her parents were also born in France. Her mother was Henrietta, and her step-father was Victor Spaenhoven / Spenhoven, who dealt in second-hand furniture. [3] Veltin emigrated to the United States in 1864. [2] In 1880, she taught French, [3] and she became a naturalized citizen in 1893. She lived at 29 West 68th Street in New York, [2] as did the Sprague Smith family. [4] [5] Veltin died on January 7, 1934, in New York. [1]
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