Lincolndale Agricultural School

[4] Lincolndale Agricultural School was an adjunct to the New York Catholic Protectory, a facility for orphans, children referred by the courts, or those entrusted by parents who were unable to provide adequate care.

The Boys Department was managed by the Christian Brothers, while the girls and younger children were cared for by the Sisters of Charity of New York.

In 1902, the brothers opened St. Philip's Home on Broome Street in Manhattan as transitional housing for boys who had "aged out" of the Protectory's care program.

[citation needed] In 1907, the Protectory purchased a number of farms in Lincolndale, a hamlet in Somers in Westchester County, New York.

[6] In "Brother Barnabas" by W. J. Battersby PhD, it states BB became director in January 1909 of the school renaming it the next month for Abraham Lincoln.