St Catherine's School
- Also Known As: File No. 127-5886
- Historically Known As: Miss Jennies
- Historically Known As: Virginia Randolph Ellett School
- Address: 6001 Grove Ave
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1890/00/00 | Virginia Randolph Ellett | Vocation | Miss Jennie opens the "Virginia Randolph Ellett School" in her mother's Richmond, Virginia boarding house | |||
| 1905/00/00 | Edward Wren Hudgins | Education | Edward W Hudgins graduates for Richmond College, now University of Richmond, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. | |||
| 1917/00/00 | Virginia Randolph Ellett School moves to its present location, originally part of the 139-acre West View Farm | |||||
| 1920/00/00 | "Miss Jennie's" is incorporated into the newly established system of Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia and renamed St Catherine's School | |||||
| 1921/00/00 | Hobart Upjohn | Architect | St Catherine's School main buildings are constructed between 1922 and 1953 per the 1921 master plan by New York architect Hobart Upjohn | |||
| 1922/00/00 | Hobart Upjohn | Architect | Upjohn's brick, Georgian Revival, Ellett Hall, the first of school buildings, is built | |||
| 1937/00/00 | Charles F Gillette | Landscape Architect | Charles Gillette develops landscape plans for St Catherine's campus that includes the central game lawn and athletic field (now the Green) framed by a brick walk lined with paired elm trees. |
| Particulars for St Catherine's School: | |
|---|---|
| Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Area of Significance | Education |
| Historic Use | Educational related housing |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Person |
| Historic Use | School |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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