San Luis Ranch School was a college preparatory ranch school for girls in Colorado Springs, Colorado established in 1889.[1][2]
| San Luis Ranch School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
2555 North Chelton Road Colorado Springs, Colorado United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | College preparatory ranch school |
| Established | 1889 |
| Founder | Bessie Henry |
| Closed | 1951 |
History
editThe school was founded by Bessie Henry, an educator from Philadelphia, as a co-ed day school located on what is now the Colorado College campus at 126 East Cache La Poudre Street, first called Miss Henry's School and later San Luis School. In 1917, the school became an open air school, holding all of its classes outside.[3] Henry remained the principal through 1921,[4] then Marie Fox Potter became principal (styled as headmistress) in 1922.[5]
The school purchased the property at 2555 North Chelton Road, at the base of Austin Bluffs,[6] and expanded the San Luis Ranch School into an exclusive girls' college preparatory school. In 1942, Mrs. Ena Curry became principal of the school.[7] The school operated at the Chelton Road location until closing in 1951.[8]
The former school site on Chelton Road was purchased in 1960 by the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica Community of Atchison, Kansas[9] and developed into the girls' preparatory school Benet Hill Academy,[10] which operated from 1963 to 1982. The site currently serves as Benet Hill Monastery.
References
edit- ^ San Luis Ranch School : an open air school for girls, preparatory for college, established 1889. Colorado Springs. 1950. OCLC 40103086.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ http://www.worldcat.org/title/san-luis-school/oclc/932360051 [bare URL]
- ^ Bingmann, Melissa (2015). Prep School Cowboys: Ranch Schools in the American West. UNM Press. p. xvii. ISBN 9780826355447.
- ^ Patterson, Homer L. (1921). Patterson's American Educational Directory. p. 46.
- ^ Patterson, Homer L. (1922). Patterson's American Educational Directory. p. 628.
- ^ "Mrs. R. K. Potter, former Western student, visits May 9 to check credits". Top O' The World. Western Colorado University. 14 May 1930. p. 4.
Mrs. Potter is headmistress of the San Luis Open Air School in Colorado Springs. . . . The institution has recently purchased the property of the St Stephens Episcopal School for Boys in a suburban district, Austin's Bluffs, and will use the newly acquired plant for a boarding school for the upper classes of the institution.
- ^ "English Woman To Speak At Western Next Monday". Top O' The World. Western Colorado University. 14 Apr 1942. p. 1.
Mrs. Curry is now assuming the duties of headmistress of the new Colorado Springs Country Day School, formerly the San Luis Open Air school.
- ^ "Owner Sells San Luis School to Benedictines". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. 24 Aug 1960. p. 6.
The school, which was a private school until it closed 1951, will be reopened as a convent and girls' school, Mrs. Potter said.
- ^ Zecha, C. J. (6 Oct 1960). "New Mother-House for Benedictines". Denver Catholic Register. Archdiocese of Denver.
- ^ "Benet Hill Academy History". Benet Hill Monastery.
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