Putnam Hall School
Encyclopedia
Putnam Hall School is a bygone notable nonsectarian boarding school for girls formerly located in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Edward White (b. 14 Nov. 1844, Poughkeepsie; d 12 April 1914, Poughkeepsie) married Mary Bryan Johnson July 30, 1872. Mary founded Brooks Seminary before Vassar College
was founded. She later rented her school to that institution and the building that was then Brooks Seminary became Putnam Hall. She died July 3, 1925, at the home of her daughter, Mary Elizabeth White Miller (Mrs. C. O. Miller), at Stamford, Connecticut. Edward White was a banker and trustee. He was assistant cashier of the Chase National Bank of New York for three years and treasurer of the Erie R. R. fourteen years.
Founders of Putnam Hall School
Miss Ellen Clizbe Bartlett (A.B., Elmira College
) (1864–1944), principal since 1905 and connected with the school since 1901 became the proprietor of Putnam Hall School
Directors and leadership of Putnam Hall School
Putnam Hall Alumni
- Predecessor school, Brooks Seminary
- Putnam Hall was the successor to an earlier nonsectarian girls boarding school on the same property. It was named Brooks Seminary for Young Ladies. Brooks Seminary was founded September 1871 – not long after the opening of Vassar CollegeVassar CollegeVassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
. Mary Bryan Johnson (maiden) was its founder. She and her future husband, Edward White, erected a building on six acres of elevated grounds in the southeastern section of Pougkeepsie at the corner of what then was Southeast and Hanscom Avenues. Due to competition from Vassar Preparatory School, Brooks Seminary moved to 11 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn, New York, around 1880. The last news article of a Brooks Seminary commencement was June 11, 1881 — New York Herald-Tribune.
- Putnam Hall School
- After an interval of use as a hotel and Vassar dormitory, the Poughkeepsie building and property again launched as a new girls' boarding school in about 1901 under the name of Putnam Hall.
- Bartlett Park
- Miss Ellen Clizbe Bartlett, who presided as proprietor and principal of Putnam Hall when it closed in 1940, donated the six acres to the city of Poughkeepsie. It is now a city park, known as Bartlett Park.
Founders
Founders of Brooks SeminaryEdward White (b. 14 Nov. 1844, Poughkeepsie; d 12 April 1914, Poughkeepsie) married Mary Bryan Johnson July 30, 1872. Mary founded Brooks Seminary before Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
was founded. She later rented her school to that institution and the building that was then Brooks Seminary became Putnam Hall. She died July 3, 1925, at the home of her daughter, Mary Elizabeth White Miller (Mrs. C. O. Miller), at Stamford, Connecticut. Edward White was a banker and trustee. He was assistant cashier of the Chase National Bank of New York for three years and treasurer of the Erie R. R. fourteen years.
Founders of Putnam Hall School
Miss Ellen Clizbe Bartlett (A.B., Elmira College
Elmira College
Elmira College is a coeducational private liberal arts college located in Elmira, in New York State's Southern Tier region.The college is noted as the oldest college still in existence which granted degrees to women that were the equivalent of those given to men...
) (1864–1944), principal since 1905 and connected with the school since 1901 became the proprietor of Putnam Hall School
Former directors and leadership
Directors and leadership of Brooks Seminary- Edmund P. Platt (b. 2 Dec 1843; Poughkeepsie), director
- Mary Bryan White Johnson, proprietor & head of school, Brooks Seminary
- Mrs. Hanks (capacity not known)
- Amy Johnson, teacher
- Miss Minna Hinkle ( –1929), teacher of French and German
Directors and leadership of Putnam Hall School
- Miss Ellen Clizbe Bartlett (A.B., Elmira CollegeElmira CollegeElmira College is a coeducational private liberal arts college located in Elmira, in New York State's Southern Tier region.The college is noted as the oldest college still in existence which granted degrees to women that were the equivalent of those given to men...
) (1864–1944), principal since 1905 and connected with the school since 1901
Alumni
Brooks Seminary Alumni- Mrs. William Booth Garlick (fka Mrs. Vivian Burr Crispell), a descendant of Rutherford B. HayesRutherford B. HayesRutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...
Putnam Hall Alumni