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[[Image:East Lake Atheneum 1894.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The East Lake Atheneum in 1894]] | [[Image:East Lake Atheneum 1894.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The East Lake Atheneum in 1894]] | ||
[[Image:Orphans' Home.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The same building in use as the Orphans' Home in 1906]] | |||
The '''East Lake Atheneum''' was a private girls' school chartered in [[1890]] by State Superintendent of Education [[Solomon Palmer]]. | The '''East Lake Atheneum''' was a private girls' school chartered in [[1890]] by State Superintendent of Education [[Solomon Palmer]]. | ||
The school's main brick and stone Romanesque building was completed in [[1892]] on "Atheneum Eminence" in [[East Lake]]. | The school's main brick and stone Romanesque building was completed in [[1892]] on "Atheneum Eminence" in [[East Lake]]. | ||
After Palmer's death in [[1896]], the school was headed by [[J. B. Cumming]] and, later, [[W. S. Weissinger]]. | After Palmer's death in [[1896]], the school was headed by [[J. B. Cumming]] and, later, [[W. S. Weissinger]]. | ||
The atheneum closed in [[1900]] and the property was sold to the [[Sisters of Charity]] who operated an orphanage, the [[St Thomas Home-on-Hill]] (sometimes referred to as the "Orphans' Home") there until [[1971]]. After that date it was used for the offices of the [[Diocese of Birmingham]]. | |||
The site was purchased in [[2001]] by [[Birmingham City Schools]] for [[Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School]], which opened in [[2006]]. | The site was purchased in [[2001]] by [[Birmingham City Schools]] for [[Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School]], which opened in [[2006]]. | ||
Revision as of 00:17, 20 February 2014
The East Lake Atheneum was a private girls' school chartered in 1890 by State Superintendent of Education Solomon Palmer.
The school's main brick and stone Romanesque building was completed in 1892 on "Atheneum Eminence" in East Lake.
After Palmer's death in 1896, the school was headed by J. B. Cumming and, later, W. S. Weissinger.
The atheneum closed in 1900 and the property was sold to the Sisters of Charity who operated an orphanage, the St Thomas Home-on-Hill (sometimes referred to as the "Orphans' Home") there until 1971. After that date it was used for the offices of the Diocese of Birmingham.
The site was purchased in 2001 by Birmingham City Schools for Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School, which opened in 2006.
References
- Owen, Thomas McAdory and Marie Bankhead Owen (1921) History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. 4 volumes. Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.