• English: Girard College is an independent boarding school on a 43-acre (17 ha) campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
  • Originally constructed at the behest of Stephen Girard in the 1840’s, Founder’s Hall served as the College’s first classroom building and is considered the finest...
  • Girard College, in Philadelphia, an elementary and secondary boarding school for children with financial need from single-parent or parentless families.
  • The core of who I am is founded on the love, honor, and respect that Girard College instilled in me. I am forever grateful and honored to be known as a Hummer!
  • Current enrollment of the Girard College in the 21st Century is about evenly divided between boys and girls and about 90% African-American.
  • In an unprecedented act of philanthropy, he left his fortune to establish Girard College, originally endowed to educate “poor, white male orphans.”
  • In the 1830s and 1840s, the plot of land on which Girard College was built was a piece of open farmland on the border of Philadelphia city limits.
  • Girard College is an independent college preparatory five-day boarding school located on a 43-acre campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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  • Girard’s heirs challenged the validity of the will based on the latter stipulation, arguing that it unlawfully excluded Christian teachings and individuals from the college.