Rumsey Hall (Cornwall, Connecticut)
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| Location | 12 Bolton Hill Rd., Cornwall, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°50′40″N 73°19′55″W / 41.84444°N 73.33194°W |
| Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
| Built | 1848 |
| Architect | Judson, Silas P.; Perry, Elizur G. |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000762[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 10, 1990 |
Rumsey Hall was an historic academic building at 12 Bolton Hill Road in Cornwall, Connecticut. Built in 1848, it was a distinguished example of Greek Revival architecture that served as home to a number of academic institutions, including the first campus of the Rumsey Hall School. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990,[1] and was demolished in 2010.[2]
Description and history
[edit]The Rumsey Hall building stood on the west side of the village of Cornwall, on the north side of Bolton Hill Road just west of the Congregational church. It was a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a cruciform plan, covered by a gabled roof and finished in wooden clapboards. Its front facade consisted of a six-column Greek Revival temple front, the columns rising to an entablature that encircled the building, with a fully pedimented gable above. The gable had a rectangular multipane window at its center. The building corners were pilastered.[3]
The building was erected in 1848 to house a boarding school called the Alger Institute, which was one of a number of such schools established in the region after the Housatonic Railroad began service in 1842. The school only survived until 1851, and was converted for use as a boarding house for summer visitors in 1884. It was converted back to academic use in 1886, but none of its occupants were long-lived. In 1907 the Rumsey Hall School moved into the premises from Seneca Falls, New York, and operated here until 1949. It was purchased by a neighboring landowner in 1855, and bequested to the town in 1986, which made plans to adapt the building for use as its town hall.[3] The building was demolished in 2010.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Cornwall Chronicle, December 2010" (PDF). Cornwall Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Rumsey Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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