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Friends Seminary, established by members of the Religious Society of Friends, whose members are known as Quakers, was founded in 1786 as Friends' Institute through a $10,000 bequest of Robert Murray, a wealthy New York merchant. It was located on Pearl Street in Manhattan and strived to provide Quaker children with a "guarded education."
New Garden Friends School, Greensboro, North Carolina, grades preK–12, independent Quaker school; Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie, New York, independent grades 6–12 Quaker school; Olney Friends School, Barnesville, Ohio, grades 9–12, independent Quaker school formerly under the care of Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative Friends) [35]
Brooklyn Friends School is a school at 375 Pearl Street in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.Brooklyn Friends School (BFS) is an independent, college preparatory Quaker school serving a culturally diverse educational community of approximately 900 students as of 2017–18, from preschool (two years of age) through 12th grade.
The school, located at 112 Schermerhorn Street, was built in 1902 and is a three-story red brick building located adjacent to the meeting house, at 112 Schermerhorn Street. It was designed by William Tubby, a prominent Brooklyn architect, [3] to house the Brooklyn Friends School. Tubby was himself a Quaker and an early graduate of the school. [4]
Pages in category "Quaker schools in New York (state)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Brooklyn Friends School; C. Chappaqua Mountain ...
The jewelry designer Brent Neale Winston remembers the first time she paid a visit to Hay Fever, a stately three-story house in Locust Valley, New York. Oversize antique hinges adorned the front ...
Friends Academy is a Quaker, coeducational, independent, college preparatory school serving students from nursery school through the twelfth grade, located in Locust Valley, New York, United States. The school was founded in 1876 by 78-year-old Gideon Frost for "The children of Friends and those similarly sentimented."
John Bowne House, Flushing, Queens, New York City (John Bowne was arrested in 1662 for hosting a meeting in his house.) Brooklyn Friends Meeting House and School, Brooklyn, New York City; Chappaqua Friends Meeting House, Chappaqua, Westchester County, (built in 1754) [9]: 307 Clinton Corners Friends Church, Clinton Corners, Dutchess County