Park Tudor School

History

Park Tudor is the product of a merger of two single-sex independent schools, Tudor Hall School for Girls and Park School.

Tudor Hall School for Girls was established in 1902 by Fredonia Allen and James Cumming Smith. Allen named the school after her mother, Ann Tudor Allen. The school was originally located at 16th and Meridian streets in Indianapolis. It later moved to a two-building campus at 32nd and Meridian streets where it remained for several decades. In 1960, Tudor Hall moved to the Charles B. Sommers estate on Cold Spring Road, next to Park School. In addition to the day school program, it fostered a significant boarding program. After the 1970 merger with Park School, Tudor Hall was consolidated with Park School into the new College Avenue campus.

Major buildings on the campus include the historic Foster Hall (named after composer Stephen Foster by Foster enthusiast/collector Eli Lilly Jr.), Allen W. Clowes Commons dining hall (1967), Frederic M. Ayres Auditorium (1976,2021), Jane Holton Upper School (1970), Middle School (1988), Lower School (1967), Hilbert Early Education Center (1997), Fine Arts Building (1976), Ruth Lilly Science Center (1989), and the Irsay Family Sports Center for Health and Wellness (2021–22).

Athletics

Park Tudor is a member of the Pioneer Conference. The school fields teams for the Upper School and Middle School in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, crew, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, wrestling, and volleyball.

The 2010-11 varsity boys basketball team won the IHSAA Class 2A State Finals in March 2011. The team followed with another IHSAA Class 2A State Championship in 2012. On March 29, 2014, Park Tudor School's varsity basketball team won the IHSAA Class 2A State Finals again.

The girls' soccer team won the soccer program's first state championship in November 2019.

State Championships

Taken from IHSAA State Championship History

Notable alumni

Athletics

• Trevon Bluiett, professional basketball player
• Ed Carpenter, auto racing driver
• Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell, professional basketball player
• Neil Funk, professional sport commentator; NBA
• Jaren Jackson Jr., professional basketball player
• Micah Johnson, professional baseball player, artist

Arts

• Drew Elliott, creative director, fashion and judge
• Bertina Foltz, associate editor of Vogue
• Janet "Genêt" Flanner, writer and journalist
• Jake Lloyd, actor
• J. B. Rogers, film director and producer
• Edgar Sarratt, musician

Business

• Carlie Irsay-Gordon, principal owner, executive and CEO of Indianapolis Colts
• David McLane, television producer, wrestling promoter and ESPN series creator

Philanthropy

• Anne Hendricks Bass, documentary filmmaker and philanthropist
• Thomas W. Binford, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Ruth Lilly, philanthropist

Politics

• John C. Ruckelshaus, American lawyer and politician

STEM

• Bernard Vonnegut, atmospheric scientist
• Melanie Wood, mathematician

References

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