Spring Garden College
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Spring Garden College—founded in 1851 as the Spring Garden Institute—was an American private technical college in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |date=August 3, 1992 |title=3 Communities Feel The Loss of Spring Garden College |last=Samuel |first=Terence |newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer |page=A01}} Its building at 523–25 North Broad Street (demolished) was designed by architect Stephen Decatur Button.
The Broad Street building housed the institute until 1969. The school relocated to 102 East Mermaid Lane at the former Yarnall-Waring Company Machine Works{{cite web |url=https://www.workshopoftheworld.com/chestnut_hill/yarnall.html |title=Yarnall-Waring Company Machine Works |last=Gibson |first=Jane Mork |date=May 2007 |website=Workshop of the World—Philadelphia |access-date=28 August 2019}} and was renamed Spring Garden College, with bachelor's degree programs being offered for the first time. In 1985 the college moved to 7500 Germantown Avenue in nearby Mt. Airy.{{Cite web |url=http://springgardencollege.net/history.html |title=Spring Garden College History |access-date=January 2, 2013}} Declining enrollment and financial problems forced its closure in 1992.{{cite web |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Spring-Garden-College-Will/78548 |title=Spring Garden College Will Close in Fall |date=July 8, 1992 |website=Chronicle of Higher Education |access-date=August 27, 2019}}
Prior to its closing, Spring Garden was regionally accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Additionally, the Baccalaureate Degree programs in Computer Engineering Technology, Electronics engineering technology, and Mechanical Engineering Technology were accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
Notable alumni
- Harrison Albright, architect
- Charles Grafly, sculptor
- Hannah Tempest Jenkins, painter
- Eldridge R. Johnson, inventor, founder of Victor Talking Machine Company
- John B. Kelly Sr., building contractor (father of actress Grace Kelly)
- Albert Laessle, sculptor
- Samuel Maclure, architect
- Everett Shinn, painter
- John Sloan, painter
- William South, photographer & inventor
- George Hand Wright, painter
- Ken Wright, racecar driver and mechanic
- August Zeller, sculptor
References
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External links
- [http://springgardencollege.net/?page_id=12 History of Spring Garden College]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20021225111023/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/7315/index.html Photo of Trustee's Hall at the Germantown Avenue site]
- [http://www.springgardencollege.net Spring Garden College informational site]
- [https://profiles.superlawyers.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/lawyer/timothy-r-lawn/a737731d-34fe-4d05-92c9-7dc82beeb799.html]
- {{HABS |survey=PA-1739 |id=pa0902 |title=Spring Garden Institute, 523–525 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA |photos=2 |cap=1}}
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Category:Defunct universities and colleges in Philadelphia
Category:Defunct private universities and colleges in Pennsylvania
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Philadelphia
Category:Universities and colleges established in 1851
Category:1851 establishments in Pennsylvania