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West Newton English and Classical School, also known as the Allen School, was a model school in West Newton, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1854 by Nathaniel Topliff Allen (1823–1903), an educator and protege of Horace Mann. [1]
West Newton English and Classical School, also known as the Allen School, was a model school in West Newton, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1854 by Nathaniel Topliff Allen (1823–1903), an educator and protege of Horace Mann.
Dec 26, 2017 · Catalogue of the West-Newton English and Classical School. Incorporated 1855. by. West Newton English and Classical School. Topics. Schools -- Massachusetts -- Newton. Publisher. Press of John Wilson and Sons. Collection.
He pushed for school integration on Nantucket and the West Newton English and Classical School accepted boys and girls, black and white, American and foreign. He consistently supported equal rights for women including equal education and equal pay.
Allen purchased the homestead consisting of the Greek revival house, dormitory, and barn in 1854, and funded the West Newton English and Classical School that same year. The school was progressive in every way, providing equal educational opportunities for girls as well as boys in racially mixed classes even before the Civil War.
This photo [circa 1880] shows students with teacher Fanny Allen, Nathaniel Allen's daughter, at the West Newton English and Classical School in West Newton Square. West Newton became a center for educational reform in the mid-19th century, attracting ideas, talent and new families to move here.
Teachers at the West Newton English and Classical School included Allen’s wife, Caroline Swift Bassett Allen (1830-1915); his brothers George Ellis Allen (1817-1888), Joseph Addison Allen (1819-1904), and James Theodore Allen (1831-1900); and his daughters, Fanny Bassett Allen (1857-1913) and Lucy Ellis Allen (1867-1943), who also founded the ...
