The Baldwin School
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Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Type | Private, All-Girl |
| Motto | Disce Verum Laborem |
| Established | 1888 |
| Head of School | Marisa Porges |
| Faculty | 73 full-time, 11 part-time |
| Enrollment | 587 girls |
| Average class size | 13 girls |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7 to 1 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gray |
| Athletics | Baldwin Bears |
| Athletics conference | Inter-Academic League |
| Mascot | Winnie the Bear |
| Average SAT scores | 2210 |
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Bryn Mawr Hotel
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| Location | Morris and Montgomery Aves., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°1′23″N 75°18′46″W / 40.02306°N 75.31278°WCoordinates: 40°1′23″N 75°18′46″W / 40.02306°N 75.31278°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architect | Furness, Evans, & Co.; Furness, Frank |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, French Chateau, Other |
| NRHP reference # | 79002300 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 27, 1979 |
| Designated PHMC | April 11, 2000 |
The Baldwin School is an American all-girls independent school located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania in Greater Philadelphia. Founded in 1888 by Florence Baldwin, it now consists of a Lower, Middle and Upper School totaling approximately 570 in enrollment.
The school occupies a 19th-century resort hotel designed by Victorian architect Frank Furness, a landmark of the Philadelphia Main Line. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 27, 1979.
In 1888, Miss Florence Baldwin founded "Miss Baldwin's School for Girls, Preparatory for Bryn Mawr College" in her mother's house at the corner of Montgomery and Morris Avenues in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The first class was composed of thirteen girls.
The second Bryn Mawr Hotel was designed by Furness, Evans & Company and built in 1890-91. It is a five-story, "L" shaped stone-and-brick building in a Renaissance Revival / Châteauesque style. It features a large semi-circular section at the main entrance, topped by a conical roof and finial. It has a steeply pitched red roof with a variety of dormers, chimneys, towers, finials, and skylights.
In 1896, The Baldwin School began leasing the Bryn Mawr Hotel during the winter months, then year-round in 1912. In 1922, the school purchased the building and the surrounding 25 acres (100,000 m2) for $240,000.
Today the school has added many additions but still manages to maintain the elegance and grandeur of the original building. The original building is known as "The Residence," and formerly served as dormitories for boarding students. It is now home to the dining hall, art studio, apartments for faculty and staff, music classes, and an Early Childhood Center, with renovations completed in 2014 specifically for the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten classes. A two-story science building opened in 1961 and was enlarged in 1995 to accommodate the increasing number of students. The Upper and Middle Schools inhabit the three-story Schoolhouse, which was built in 1926 and renovated in 1997. Grades 1-5 are housed in the Lower School building which was completed in 1974.
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