Bishop Whitaker's School for Girls

The school was founded with an initial offer in 1875 of $10,000 by New York socialite, heiress and philanthropist Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, on the condition that Bishop Whitaker find matching funds elsewhere.

[1] By 1879, the school was housed in a building of three stories which included a gymnasium, classrooms, music rooms, and space for 40 boarders on the third floor.

Academic classwork was offered through the twelfth grade, including art, music, foreign languages, and domestic science.

The Washoe County School District used parts of the building to house various classes during periods of construction.

[2] Its best-known alumna was suffragist and historian Anne Henrietta Martin, the first woman to run for the United States Senate.