Dickinson Seminary

Name/Title

Dickinson Seminary

Entry/Object ID

2001.93.2

Description

Black and white photograph of Dickinson Seminary with a group of women and children standing out front in the drive. Dickinson Seminary: corner of Sheridan and College Roads. Precursor to Ferry Hall School For Girls. The Dickinson Seminary for Young Ladies was opened on Sheridan Road by the Rev. Baxter Dickinson who served as first pastor of the Presbyterian church from 1862-67. The school continued for a decade and then the large frame structure became a boarding house, a dormitory for girls at the college, a dormitory for academy students, and about 1900 became the South School. Later, it was incorporated into a home on Mayflower Road, Lake Forester, February 16, 1961 Verso: stamped Mrs. Edward Arpee, 383 Washington Road, Lake Forest.

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1861

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects