Maryland College for Women

Maryland College for Women was a school in Lutherville, Maryland.

Maryland College for Women, 1911 building

The school was founded in 1853 as the Lutherville Female Seminary. It was the centerpiece of the planned community of Lutherville, created by two Lutheran ministers, Benjamin Kurtz and John Morris, and named for theologian Martin Luther. The school building was a large limestone building with two wings and a 96-foot observatory, designed by the architecture firm of Dixon, Balbirnie, and Dixon. Classes began in October 1854, and included art, chemistry, modern and classical languages, mathematics, music, natural sciences, and needlework. Morris wrote that the curriculum would "embrace everything necessary to a solid and finished literary education."[1][2][3]

Morris sold the school to J. H. Turner in April 1886.[3] The school was renamed the Maryland College for Women in 1895.[4] Charles Wesley Gallagher served as president from 1908 until his death in 1916.[5] In 1911, the College burned down and was replaced by a white stucco building.[1] In the 1920s, the parents of actors Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine met on the campus of the Maryland College for Women, where they were both instructors.[6]

In 1952, the Maryland College for Women closed and became College Manor, a senior citizen's home.[1]

References
  1. Rasmussen, Fred. "Victorian delight, fixed in time". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. Lane, Mills (1993). Architecture of the Old South. Internet Archive. New York : Abbeville Press. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-55859-044-1.
  3. Kurtz, Michael J. (1997). John Gottlieb Morris : man of God, man of science. Internet Archive. Baltimore : Maryland Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-938420-58-3.
  4. "BCPL History and Genealogy InfoCenter Baltimore County History - Lutherville". Baltimore County Public Library. 2009-11-01. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  5. Spencer, Richard Henry; American Historical Society (1919). Genealogical and memorial encyclopedia of the state of Maryland, a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation;. New York Public Library. New York, The American historical society, inc.
  6. Finstad, Suzanne (2005). Warren Beatty : a private man. Internet Archive. London : Aurum. ISBN 978-1-84513-131-9.


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