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1. libraries.psu.edu › ogontz-school-1850-1950The Ogontz School 1850-1950 | Penn State University Libraries

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   lah31@psu.edu. Voice: 215-881-7428. Fax: 215-881-7423. For 100 years, the elite and prestigious school known as The Ogontz School for Young Ladies was a prominent force in female private education. In 1950 the school, campus, and facilities were given to The Pennsylvania State College, now The Pennsylvania State University.

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   • The Early Principals

     The Ogontz School 1850-1950; The Early Principals; The Early...

   • At Rydal, Abington Township

     About. Collections. The Ogontz School 1850-1950. At Rydal,...

   • The Rydal School

     When Abby A. Sutherland moved the Ogontz School to Rydal in...

   • Cooke and Chief Ogontz

     Chief Ogontz. Some question arises as to whether Cooke...

   • At Jay Cooke's Ogontz Estate

     About. Collections. The Ogontz School 1850-1950. At Jay...

   • The Archive Room

     Following two successful Ogontz School reunions in the...

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Penn_State_AbingtonPenn State Abington - Wikipedia

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   The campus became a site for some classes of Penn State and was known as Penn State Ogontz, after the private school's best-known name. In 1995, this facility was renamed as Penn State Abington-Ogontz , to emphasize its relationship with the surrounding community.

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   Why is it called Ogontz School?

   • In 1883 the school rented the Elkins Park estate of Civil War financier Jay Cooke, named “Ogontz” for Cooke’s boyhood mentor and role model—a Sandusky Indian chief. With the move, the school assumed the name of the estate and became The Ogontz School for Young Ladies.

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   Why is Penn State called Ogontz?

   • Furnishings included a painting by Thomas Moran, an American artist to whom Jay Cooke had advanced money in 1873. The campus became a site for some classes of Penn State and was known as Penn State Ogontz, after the private school's best-known name.

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   Who built the Ogontz School?

   • With expansion in mind, Abby A. Sutherland, the owner and principal of The Ogontz School, purchased 54 acres of land belonging to the Herring estate in “the rolling hills of Rydal” in 1916. She hired the famed Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer to create a large main building in the style of an English Manor House.

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   What happened to Ogontz School?

   • With the move, the school assumed the name of the estate and became The Ogontz School for Young Ladies. By then misses Bonney and Dillaye had selected two associate principals from the school’s faculty, Miss Frances Bennett and Miss Sylvia Eastman.

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4. www.abington.psu.edu › academics › historyHistoric Abington Campus | Penn State Abington

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   Historic Abington Campus. Penn State Abington’s beautiful campus carries its own history. Abby Sutherland, headmistress of the Ogontz School (1850-1950) commissioned historic Sutherland Hall with its gorgeous solarium from the Horace Trumbauer firm in Philadelphia in 1915, warmly welcoming African-American architect Julian Abele’s dignified ...

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   Sep 20, 2023 · 78 subscribers. 165 views 1 year ago. Presented via Zoom on Dec 9 2021 - Frank Quattrone, a professor at Penn State Abington, discussed the evolution of The Ogontz School, which was a school...

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7. books.google.com › books › aboutPenn State Abington and the Ogontz School - Google Books

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   Penn State Abington and the Ogontz School. Frank D. Quattrone. Arcadia Publishing, 2016 - Education - 128 pages. Anyone traversing the hilly, tree-lined paths of Penn State Abington would be...