Roger's Hall School was founded by Emily and Elizabeth Rogers, who inherited the main building in 1880.[1] Emily, who had been taught by Mary Lyon at Miss Grant's Girls' School for two years, came up with the idea of donating the school's property donated their family's property for the school.[2][1] Though the sisters had planned on donating the land upon their deaths, and Elizabeth persisted in this vision after Emily's 1884 death of pnemonia. Elizabeth decided to donate it in 1892, after meeting E.P. Underhill, who had opened a girls' school in Belvedere.[1] Elizabeth proposed that Underhill be the principal for the school, and she agreed, remaining at the school for 18 years.[3][1] After Elizabeth's death, her estate of about $130,000 was left to Rogers Hall[2]
The school sat on about five acres of the over two-hundred acres the sisters had inherited. In 1892, the school opened with 11 faculty, 41 residential students, and nine day students. The school expected the students to follow the strict Christian ideals that the Rogers sisters had led. This included a strict schedule, with nightly checks of students' stockings for straightness, evaluations of table manners, and lights out by 9:30.[1]
The school was made of four buildings. Rogers Hall, the original school building, later housed boarders. Other boarders stayed at Rogers House, a Victorian mansion near the other buildings. The school also included Rogers Cottage. Finally, the Gymnasium was famous for being the first gymnasium in a private girls' secondary school in the country to have a pool. The pool was built in 1922.[1]
The school's literary magazine was known as Splinters.[4][5]
The school had its peak enrollment in the 1955, with over 100 students. By the 1970s, though, enrollment had fallen to just 47 students, and the school closed its doors in 1973.[1]
The property is now an apartment complex for seniors and people with disabilities.[6]
^Sampas, Tony. "LibGuides: Center for Lowell History Collections: Rogers Hall School for Girls". libguides.uml.edu. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
^Summary, Ames Family Papers, 1812-2008, Sophia Smith Collection, Five College Archives and Manuscript Collections.
^Landrigan, Leslie (June 8, 2015). "The Mysterious Death of Starr Faithfull Reveals the Sordid Secret of a Boston Mayor". New England Historical Society. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
^"Where Women Made History". contest.savingplaces.org. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
^"About Rebecca". Rebecca Tobey. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^Nesmith, James Ernest (1897). The Life and Work of Frederic Thomas Greenhalge: Governor of Massachusetts. Roberts Brothers. p. 46.
^Qua, Stanley E. (1944). "Frederick Lawton (1852-1941)". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 75 (6): 169–170. ISSN 0199-9818. JSTOR 20023478.
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rogers, hall, school, college, preparatory, finishing, school, girls, with, boarding, students, lowell, massachusetts, locationlowell, massachusettsinformationschool, typeprivate, girlsestablished1892founderelizabeth, rogersclosed1973a, 1906, advertisement, ro. Rogers Hall School was a college preparatory finishing school for girls with day and boarding students in Lowell Massachusetts Rogers Hall SchoolLocationLowell MassachusettsInformationSchool typePrivate All GirlsEstablished1892FounderElizabeth RogersClosed1973A 1906 advertisement for the Rogers Hall School Roger s Hall School was founded by Emily and Elizabeth Rogers who inherited the main building in 1880 1 Emily who had been taught by Mary Lyon at Miss Grant s Girls School for two years came up with the idea of donating the school s property donated their family s property for the school 2 1 Though the sisters had planned on donating the land upon their deaths and Elizabeth persisted in this vision after Emily s 1884 death of pnemonia Elizabeth decided to donate it in 1892 after meeting E P Underhill who had opened a girls school in Belvedere 1 Elizabeth proposed that Underhill be the principal for the school and she agreed remaining at the school for 18 years 3 1 After Elizabeth s death her estate of about 130 000 was left to Rogers Hall 2 The school sat on about five acres of the over two hundred acres the sisters had inherited In 1892 the school opened with 11 faculty 41 residential students and nine day students The school expected the students to follow the strict Christian ideals that the Rogers sisters had led This included a strict schedule with nightly checks of students stockings for straightness evaluations of table manners and lights out by 9 30 1 The school was made of four buildings Rogers Hall the original school building later housed boarders Other boarders stayed at Rogers House a Victorian mansion near the other buildings The school also included Rogers Cottage Finally the Gymnasium was famous for being the first gymnasium in a private girls secondary school in the country to have a pool The pool was built in 1922 1 The school s literary magazine was known as Splinters 4 5 The school had its peak enrollment in the 1955 with over 100 students By the 1970s though enrollment had fallen to just 47 students and the school closed its doors in 1973 1 The property is now an apartment complex for seniors and people with disabilities 6 The school archives are in the collection of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell 7 Contents 1 Alumni 2 Notable People 3 References 4 External linksAlumni editBlanche Ames Ames 8 Starr Faithfull dropped out shortly before graduation 9 Edith Nourse Rogers 1 10 Anne Sexton 1 Rebecca Tobey 11 Notable People editFrederic T Greenhalge trustee 12 Frederick Lawton trustee 13 References edit a b c d e f g h i Lowell s Rogers Hall School for Girls Lowell Historical Society July 23 2012 Retrieved November 20 2023 a b Coburn Frederick W 1920 History of Lowell and Its People Vol 2 New York City Lewis Historical Publishing Company p 460 LCCN 20002722 The Story of Lowell s Rogers Hall Forgotten New England July 23 2012 Splinters Vol 1 3 Rogers Hall School Splinters 1900 1969 Access Genealogy January 5 2015 Peabody Properties Inc Sampas Tony LibGuides Center for Lowell History Collections Rogers Hall School for Girls libguides uml edu Retrieved July 3 2022 Summary Ames Family Papers 1812 2008 Sophia Smith Collection Five College Archives and Manuscript Collections Landrigan Leslie June 8 2015 The Mysterious Death of Starr Faithfull Reveals the Sordid Secret of a Boston Mayor New England Historical Society Retrieved August 13 2022 Where Women Made History contest savingplaces org Retrieved November 20 2023 About Rebecca Rebecca Tobey Retrieved March 3 2018 Nesmith James Ernest 1897 The Life and Work of Frederic Thomas Greenhalge Governor of Massachusetts Roberts Brothers p 46 Qua Stanley E 1944 Frederick Lawton 1852 1941 Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 75 6 169 170 ISSN 0199 9818 JSTOR 20023478 External links editLowell s Rogers Hall School for Girls from the Lowell Historical Society nbsp This Massachusetts school related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to women s history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rogers Hall School amp oldid 1191931069, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
