The Ancrum School of Music operated for over three decades in the early 1900s at 74 W. Rutland Square. It was established and directed by Estelle A. Forster, an early Black graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. She advertised 'Courses in Piano, Organ, Viola, Voice, Flute, Brass and Wind Instruments, Harmony, Solfeggio, Theory and all musical subjects. Excellent Facility. Two Dormitories and Cafeteria.'
