Overbrook School for the Blind

Overbrook School for the Blind
Overbrook School for the Blind
The school in 1911

The Overbrook School for the Blind was established in 1832 in Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They produced the first embossed book in America, the Gospel of Mark and the first magazine for the blind.[1]

History

It was established in March 1832 by Julius Reinhold Friedlander (1803–1839), a German who had recently come to Philadelphia, and called The Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. By 1835 the school had moved to permanent quarters at 20th and Race Street. Friedlander died in 1839, but the school continued to grow until in the 1890s a larger building was needed. The new building, designed by Cope and Stewardson was built in the Overbrook section of northwest Philadelphia. A swimming pool was built in 1906, with a replacement pool completed in 2009. In 1946 the school changed its name to the Overbrook School for the Blind.[2] In 1960 the school had a fire.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Edith Willoughby (2007). Overbrook School for the Blind. Arcadia Publishing. http://books.google.com/books?id=HI5weLxCMlUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Overbrook+School+for+the+Blind&hl=en&ei=1G7oTNDHJMGB8gak1_CxDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. "Their efforts resulted in providing reading material for the blind and Overbrooks production of the first embossed book in America, the Gospel of Mark, and the publication of the first magazine for the blind, Lux en Tenebrae." 
  2. ^ "The History of our School". Overbrook School for the Blind. http://www.obs.org/page.php?ITEM=106. Retrieved 2010-11-21. 
  3. ^ "Blind Telephone Operator – Heroine Of Fire". Reading Eagle. March 11, 1960. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oMAtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f5sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5287,3705009&dq=overbrook+school+for+the+blind&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-11-21. "Blind 17-year-old Hayes, insert at left, was acclaimed heroine of a fire which swept the Overbrook School for the Blind near Philadelphia last night. ..." 


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