Thank you for the information attached.
I was graduated June of 1948 and can confirm that the property did indeed
become that if the Nigerian Consulate. My husband and I researched the area
some years ago looking for 612 South Broadway which was it's address.
In 1953 the law suit referred to was still an issue and probably the main
reason the school folded. When I was home (Manhatten) one weekend (1948?) a
female student walked out of one of the large French windows on the second
floor at night. She fell to the terrace below and was seen in the morning
out on the lawn. Her back was injured (broken?) and the school was sued. The
school prevailed but the decision was appealed and another trial ensued. I
was visited in CT. in the winter of 1954 by a lawyer for the school who did
not realize that I had not been at school that weekend.
As I recall the student body (co-ed) was about 90. The principle was a Mrs
Mcbride, the Dean Judith Tracy. My graduating class numbered 11. I also
recall McFadden delivering an address standing on his head. Daily vitamins
were distributed. piano lessons were available as were horseback riding
lessons. The buiding that housed the boys (also the stables) was known as
the Lodge, the girls lived in the Main building and the Dean resided in a
separate building down the roadway near Broadway. The pool was probably
added in 1947.
I am curious to know why in all that has been written about McFadden no
mention was made of The Tarrytown Schools.
I would love to hear more.
Jean Chapman McRoberts
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