Ogontz School for Girls
The Ogontz School for Girls was an elite finishing school founded in 1850 in Philadelphia. It moved in 1883 to Jay Cooke’s “Ogontz” estate, then to a grand Rydal campus in 1917. It offered rigorous academics and physical training, later functioning as a junior college, and closed in 1950.
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120-year-old Abington Estate, a Treasure Trove of History, Now on the Market
Across from Penn State Abington campus, sits a 120-year-old estate originally owned by inventor Walter Herring and built in 1903, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia…
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