Curtis Institute of Music
- Historically Known As: Drexel Mansion
- Historically Known As: Edward A Sibley Mansion
- Historically Known As: Theodore Cramp Mansion
- Address: 112 Locust St
- Vicinity: S 18th St
- Urban District of Rittenhouse in Philadelphia, PA
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1875/00/00 | Edward A Sibley House is built at 235 S 18th Street in Philedelphia. Later, it will be annexed to the Drexel mansion. | |||||
| 1894/00/00 | Peabody and Stearns | Architect | A Beaux-Arts style mansion is built for George W C Drexel at 1724-1726 Locust Street and 231-233 S 18th Street on Rittenhouse Square. | |||
| 1895/00/00 | George W C Drexel | Home | Mary Stretch Irick Drexel and her husband George W C Drexel make a home at 1724-1726 Locust Street and 231-233 S 18th Street in Philadelphia. | |||
| 1908/00/00 | Theodore W Cramp | Home | Theodore W Cramp Mansion is built at 1720 Locust Street in Philadelphia, PA. It is now the Milton L Rock Resource Center at the Curtis Institute of Music. | |||
| 1924/00/00 | Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist | Benefactor | Mary Louise Curtis Bok and her husband, Edward, establish the Curtis Institute of Music, buying and renovating the Cramp, Drexel and Sibley mansions in Rittenhouse Square. | |||
| 1924/10/13 | Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist | Benefactor | The Curtis Institute of Music, an advanced music conservatory, opens on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia. With guidance from Leopold Stokowski and the pianist Josef Hofmann, Mary Bok hired the faculty. | |||
| 1925/00/00 | Leopold A Stokowski | Conductor | Conductor Leopold Stokowski leads a rehearsal in the Common Room of the Curtis Institute of Music school's main building at 1726 Locust Street. | |||
| 1927/00/00 | Horace W Sellers | Architect | Casimir Hall, now known as the Field Concert Hall, is constructed of limestone for the Curtis Institute of Music at 1724 Locust Street. | |||
| 1937/04/01 | Gian Carlo Menotti | Composer | "Amelia Goes to the Ball" (Amelia al ballo), a one-act opera buffa by Gian Carlo Menotti premieres in English at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. | |||
| 1939/00/00 | Samuel Barber | Composer | "Violin Concerto" by Samuel Barber is performed privately in early 1940 by Herbert Baumel with the Curtis Institute Orchestra and Fritz Reiner conducting. | Violin Concerto | ||
| 1945/00/00 | Ruth Moore Cobb | Education | Ruth Marie Moore graduates from The Hutchison School in Memphis. She will move to New York City to study harp and music with Carlos Salzedo and attended the Dalcroze School, before moving onto the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. |
| Particulars for Curtis Institute of Music: | |
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| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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