Chestnut Hill Academy

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Chestnut Hill Academy
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	None
Established	1861
Campus	Urban/Suburban
Color(s)	Light Blue and Dark Blue
Athletics	Inter-Academic League
Mascot	Blue Devils
Wissahickon Inn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Pennsylvania state historical marker

Wissahickon Inn, now the Willow Grove Campus of Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, PA (1883-84, G.W. & W.D. Hewitt, architects).
Location	500 W. Willow Grove Ave. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built	1884
Architect	G.W. & W.D. Hewitt
Architectural style	Queen Anne
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	79002333^[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 6, 1979
Designated PHMC	June 14, 1988^[2]

From 1861 to 2010 Chestnut Hill Academy was an all-male Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory school located in northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2010 CHA merged with its academic partner and neighbor, the all-girls school Springside School. The two schools together are now known as Springside Chestnut Hill Academy.

History

The school's main building at 500 West Willow Grove Avenue was formerly known as the Wissahickon Inn. Designed by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt and built by Henry H. Houston, the Inn opened for business in 1884. Houston also built the Philadelphia Cricket Club across the street, and additional land across the street played host to the Philadelphia Horse Show (now the Devon Horse Show). These were popular attractions for Houston's 3,000-acre (12 km²) real estate development, and brought much business to the Inn.

In 1897, the Inn's business began to decline when the Philadelphia Horse Show moved, and improved transportation caused guests to seek more distant travel spots. In 1898, Chestnut Hill Academy moved to the Wissahickon Inn from its previous residence on 8030 Germantown Avenue. The school and the Inn functioned simultaneously, the school making use of the inn's facilities during its off season, and the Inn doing business when students had gone home for the summer. The Wissahickon Inn closed in 1901, and Chestnut Hill Academy took permanent possession of the property.

The Wissahickon Inn is listed on National Register of Historic Places, and the school retains many of the Inn's original structures today.^[3]

Notable alumni

Bruce L. Castor, Jr. (1979): lawyer, politician
Joseph S. Clark (1918): Philadelphia mayor, 1952–56; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1957–69
George Meade Easby (1936): great-grandson of George Meade, celebrity figure, and a famous art/antique collector
Dan Gargan (2001): defender for the San Jose Earthquakes
Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1924): Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of Defense during the Eisenhower Administration
Walter B. Gibson (1915): author of the "Shadow" mystery stories
Allyn Joslyn (1919): stage, film, radio, and television actor
Mike Koplove (1995): Major League Baseball pitcher.
Irving Langmuir (1898): winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Jeff Larentowicz (2001): professional soccer player for the Chicago Fire
Fred Lovegrove (1958): Connecticut state senator
Pat Meehan (1974): U.S. representative
Andrew Moss (1996): Frontman of the indie-rock band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
David Nalle (1942): American diplomat and scholar.
Alec Ounsworth (1996): Musician in Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Isaac Starr (1912): developed the first practical ballistocardiograph^[4]
Stuart Taylor, Jr.: Member of the Brookings Institution; columnist for the National Journal and Contributing Editor for Newsweek
John Wolf (1966): Assistant Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation
Lud Wray: professional football player and coach

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
↑ "Wissahickon Inn - PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 10, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Chestnut Hill Academy
↑ Hepp, Christopher. "Penn's Isaac Starr, 94, Pioneer In Cardiology". The Inquirer. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

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Boys Schools	Chestnut Hill Academy Episcopal Academy Germantown Academy The Haverford School Malvern Preparatory School William Penn Charter School

Girls Schools	Agnes Irwin School Baldwin School Episcopal Academy Germantown Academy Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Springside School William Penn Charter School

Coordinates: 40°03′44″N 75°12′31″W / 40.0622°N 75.2086°W / 40.0622; -75.2086

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