Girls' House |
The ABC Strath Haven Girls’ House is a beautiful Victorian-era home on Chester Road in Swarthmore. The home is owned by its neighbor, Trinity Episcopal Church, which provides the home and contributes to its capital improvements and upkeep for a nominal rent.
The house is designed to accommodate two resident directors and two resident tutors in the third-floor apartments and up to eight female students on the second floor. Each student has a separate study space with desk and computer.
Renovation and recent updating have made the Girls’ House into a lovely and welcoming home. During the summer of 2006, staff and volunteers cleaned, painted, and decorated 17 rooms and spaces in the house. From basement to attic, rooms were cleaned and scrubbed, and then painted with products donated by Swarthmore Hardware. The girls have access to a roomful of bicycles in the basement, and in the spring, they bike around town. |