Harpoot Female Seminary
Harpoot Female Seminary was a 19th-century girls' school in Harpoot, Turkey. It was established in 1858 by American missionary, Susan Anna Brookings Wheeler. Grounds The female seminary building was situated in the centre of the mission premises, in the outskirts of the city. From its battlemented roof, looking southward, one could view 50 villages scattered over the plain below, and encircled by mountain peaks. Architecture and fittings First schoolroom The first schoolroom was originally in the lower story (previously, the stable of an Armenian merchant). It was spacious, and somewhat chapel-like, with its two substantial pillars in the centre. There were neatly whitewashed walls, with a space colored black extending around the sides, to serve for various crayon exercises. Its ceiling was of uneven rafters made from the trunks of trees, from which the bark was simply peeled. The floor was of wood. There were comfortable chairs and desks. Due to the building's low position, and s ...
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Harpoot
Harpoot () or Kharberd () is an ancient town located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey. It now forms a small district of the city of Elazığ. p. 1. In the late Ottoman period, it fell under the Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet (also known as the Harput Vilayet). Artifacts from around 2000 BC have been found in the area. The town is famous for its Harput Castle, and incorporates a museum, old mosques, a church, and the Buzluk (Ice) Cave. Harput is about from Istanbul. Harput was a largely Armenian populated region in medieval times and had a significant Armenian population until the Armenian genocide. By the 20th century, Harput had been absorbed into Mezre (renamed Elazığ in 1937), a town on the plain below Harput that significantly grew in size in the 19th century. Name Kharberd was first interpreted as consisting of the Armenian words ''kʻar'' ("rock") and ''berd'' ("castle, fortress"), as if meaning "a fortress surrounded by rock faces." Others have connected the name with ...
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Euphrates College
Euphrates College (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Fırat Koleji'', Armenian language, Armenian: ''Եփրատ Գոլէճ'') was a coeducational high school in the region of Harpoot, Harput (the town of Harput is now part of the city of Elazığ, in eastern Turkey), founded and directed by United States, American American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, missionaries and attended mostly by the Armenians in Turkey, Armenian community in the region. History In 1852 the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions established a theological seminary in Harput to educate clergymen for the Armenian Evangelical Church, and expanded it 1859 to "American Harput Missionary College". To meet the growing demand for general education in English language, the school's program was extended in 1878, and it was renamed "Armenia College". However, after 10 years, the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman authorities urged to change the school's name, which became finally "Euphrates College". For th ...
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Educational Institutions Established In 1858
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Defunct Schools In Turkey
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Boarding Schools In Turkey
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Buildings And Structures In Elazığ Province
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