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Downe House was founded in 1907 by Olive Willis, its first headmistress, as an all-girls' boarding school. Its first home was Down House in the village of Downe, Kent (now part of the London Borough of Bromley), which had been the home of Charles Darwin. [4] By 1921 Down House was too small for the school, so Willis bought The Cloisters, Cold ...
Former pupils of Downe House School in England are called "Downe House Old Girls". The "Seniors" are the school's name for prefects.
The Hale-Boynton House is a historic house on Middle Street in Newbury, Massachusetts. The house is now part of the campus of The Governor's Academy, where it is referred to as "Boynton House". [2] It was built in 1764, and is notable for its well-preserved Georgian architecture, and for its association with the inventor E. Moody Boynton. The ...
Carver withdrew from their partnership in 1912, [4] and Willis ran the school alone until 1919, when she took on a new partner called Lilian Heather, who had been at the school since 1907 as a part-time teacher of Science and Mathematics. [2] Down House, Downe. The school became popular with literary and academic parents.
The school occupied the house until 1 April 1922, when it moved to larger premises at Hermitage Rd, Cold Ash, Newbury, where it remains. [28] The present school is still named Downe House School, and one of its houses is still named Darwin.
Project will consist of hotel and nine apartment buildings, including affordable units; Timber School, which dates to 1924, will be preserved on site.
On the corner of Exeter and Newbury Street—the address is given both as 181 Newbury Street and as 26 Exeter Street—is a striking building designed by Boston architects Hartwell and Richardson in the Romanesque Revival style. It was originally built in 1885 as the First Spiritual Temple, [14] a Spiritualist church.
320 Newbury Street is a six-story academic building on Newbury Street in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Since its opening in 1966, it has been the main facility for the Boston Architectural College. It was designed in the Brutalist style by Ashley, Myer & Associates.