Park Tudor School
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7200 North College Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion County 46240 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°53′09″N 86°08′53″W / 39.88583°N 86.14806°WCoordinates: 39°53′09″N 86°08′53″W / 39.88583°N 86.14806°W |
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| Type | Independent School |
| Motto | Exceptional Educators. Extraordinary Opportunities. |
| Established | 1902 |
| Faculty | 89 |
| Grades | Junior Kindergarten-Grade 12 |
| Enrollment | 996 Total; 421 Upper School (2013-2014) |
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| Athletics | 16 varsity sports |
| Athletics conference | Indiana Crossroads Conference |
| Team name | Panthers |
| Website | Official Website |
Park Tudor School is a non-sectarian coeducational independent college preparatory day school founded in 1902. It offers programs from junior kindergarten through high school. It is located in the Meridian Hills neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. A merger of Tudor Hall School for Girls (founded in 1902) and the all-male Park School (founded in 1914) formed the present-day school in 1970. The total number of students enrolled for the 2015-2016 school year was 981.
Park Tudor is the product of a merger of two single-sex independent schools, Tudor Hall School for Girls and Park School.
Tudor Hall School for Girls was established in 1902 by Fredonia Allen and James Cumming Smith. Allen named the school after her mother, Ann Tudor Allen. The school was originally located at 16th and Meridian streets in Indianapolis. It later moved to a two-building campus at 32nd and Meridian streets where it remained for several decades. In 1960, Tudor Hall moved to the Charles B. Sommers estate on Cold Spring Road, next to Park School. In addition to the day school program, it fostered a significant boarding program with a dormitory on the second North Meridian campus. After the 1970 merger with Park School, Tudor Hall was consolidated with Park School into the College Avenue campus.
Park School began in 1914 as The Brooks School for Boys. In 1920, seven Indianapolis businessmen purchased the school to save it from financial problems and renamed it Boys Preparatory School. The school was originally located at 16th Street and Central Avenue before moving to the former Carl Fisher estate on Cold Spring Road which now serves as a portion of Marian University. The name was changed to Park School in 1929 to reflect the park-like atmosphere of the Cold Spring campus. The school finally moved to the current Park Tudor campus at 7200 North College Avenue.
Both Park School and Tudor Hall were founded to provide the same college preparatory education as was often found in the eastern states of the United States. The schools each earned a respected national reputation, often earning its graduates automatic admission to many of the country's top-tier colleges and universities. Because the two schools were often geographically located near each other, and as families also often sent their children to both schools, Park School and Tudor Hall developed a close association. Dances, dramatic performances, and other activities were often arranged jointly.
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