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Boylan-Haven School
Boylan-Haven School
In 1932, students and teachers from Savannah, GA's Haven School, in need of better facilities, became part of Jacksonville, FL's Boylan School, which became known as Boylan-Haven School.
Boylan-Haven School continued to operate the city's Brewster Hospital, which served the African American community during segregation. The hospital closed in 1966.
In 1959, Boylan-Haven School merged with coeducational Mather Academy in Camden, SC.
Boylan-Haven alumni at a reunion
Boylan-Haven & Mather Academy Merge (1959)
(NOTE: Tallahassee, FL is erroneously referred to as the Boylan-Haven School's location, instead of Jacksonville, FL.)
This mural of Boylan-Haven girls adorns the wall of a building on the corner of Union Street and A. Philip Randolph Boulevard in Jacksonville.
Timeline
Timeline
1886 . . . .
Founded by Hattie E. Emerson of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Takes maiden name of Ann DeGroot, treasurer of the Newark Conference, who gave $1,000 (a sizable sum then) to the home. She hoped to atone for, and change the image of, her family, which had operated two large plantations. Her donations eventually amounted to $10,000.
1901 . . . .
Establishes nurse training department, which later becomes Brewster Hospital, then Methodist Hospital.
1932 . . . .
Haven School of Savannah, GA, merges with Boylan, and the two become known as Boylan-Haven School.
1933 . . . .
Boylan-Haven School becomes a junior-senior high school noted for home economics and music.
1959 . . . .
With buildings in disrepair, Boylan-Haven School, located at 1214 Jessie Street, merges with Mather Academy in Camden, SC.
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