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24 Albyn Place leading west to Queens Road. Aberdeen High School for Girls, designed by Archibald Simpson as Mrs Elmslie's Institution (1837-39) is on the left of the picture. c.1880 The staff of Aberdeen High School for Girls
455 The staff of Aberdeen High School for Girls outside the main entrance of the school on Albyn Place. The building was designed by Archibald Simpson. Aberdeen High School for Girls
2395 A photograph of the Aberdeen High School for Girls on Albyn Place taken from the school's 1896-97 prospectus. John M'Bain was the headmaster of the school at the time. Aberdeen High School for Girls
2402 This photograph dating from the early 1900s, shows pupils in the playground at the rear of the High School after the large extension to the original building had been constructed. Aberdeen High School for Girls
262 A bird's eye view illustration of the Aberdeen High School for Girls. Albyn Place is visible at the top of the image. Taken from the 1893-94 school prospectus. Treasure 69: Mrs Elmslie's Institution Plans by Archibald Simpson, 1837
269 Mrs Elmslie was one of a number of Victorian philanthropic benefactors sympathetic to the plight of those who were poor, neglected or homeless and on 19 November 1840, she opened the Aberdeen Female Orphan Asylum - known also as Mrs Elmslie's Institution - on 19 Albyn Place.
This lithograph shows the building as originally envisaged by architect Archibald Simpson with little gate-houses at either side of the street entrance. Aberdeen City Libraries hold a series of 14 plans of the granite building which have been bound together into a single volume. The collection includes elevations, sections and floor plans dated September 1837.
The Orphan Asylum closed its doors on 27 July 1891 and the remaining girls were transferred to the Girls' Home and School of Domestic Economy on King Street. The building was sold to the Aberdeen School Board for £4,500 and, after extensive additions and refurbishment, it became the new home of Aberdeen High School for Girls, renamed as Harlaw Academy in 1970.
Find out more about Mrs Elmslie and her Institution, including its rules and regulations, daily meals and class timetables, in the Treasures from our Collections exhibition on touchscreens in Central, Airyhall, Tillydrone and Mastrick libraries. |