house | form/grouping | date built | named after | other |
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haskell (boys) | fifth form | 1832 or earlier | fred k. haskell, l. 1901 | first classroom building. also served as a gymnasium, society hall, science building and music building. converted to housing in 1955. |
kinnan (boys) | fifth form | 1913 | alexander p.w. kinnan, l. 1873 | originally built as the society building, converted to housing in 1930. |
Upper East & West (boys) | fifth form | 1892 | rev. caleb smith, grandfather of john cleve green | originally known as caleb smith hall, but common usage of “upper” has prevailed. |
mcpherson (girls) | fifth form | 1929 | simon john mcpherson, head of school, 1899-1919 | originally served as an infirmary. |
reynolds (girls) | fifth form | 1988 | david p. reynolds, l. 1934 | |
cleve | circle houses (boys) | 1885 | middle name of john cleve green | enlarged in 1896. |
dickinson | circle houses (boys) | 1885 | maiden name of martha dickinson, daughter of jonathan dickinson, first president of princeton college and great-grandmother of john c. green | enlarged in 1895. |
griswold | circle houses (boys) | 1885 | maiden name of sarah helen griswold, wife of john c. green | enlarged in 1895. |
hamill | circle houses (boys) | 1814 | samuel mcclintock hamill, head of school from 1837 to 1883, and his brother hugh hamill | the earliest part of the building was built by rev. dr. isaac van arsdale brown, founder of the school. |
kennedy | circle houses (boys) | 1889 | robert l. kennedy, friend of john c. green and one of the executors of his estate. | enlarged in 1895. |
woodhull | circle houses (boys) | 1885, 1892 | middle name of henry woodhull green, brother of john c. green | destroyed by fire in 1892, rebuilt same year. |
carter | crescent houses (girls) | 2010 | mr. and mrs. thomas carter ’70 p’01 ‘05 | 2nd leed-certified campus building, built by v.j. scozzari and sons. |
kirby | crescent houses (girls) | 1987 | kirby family | originally unnamed and housed perry ross and cromwell girls. from 1989-1990, called alumni house. |
mcclellan | crescent houses (girls) | 1987 | bruce and mary elizabeth mcclellan, head of school and wife, 1959-1986 | gift of trustee bert a. getz, l. 1955. |
stanley | crescent houses (girls) | 1987 | stanley family | gift of trustee edmund a. stanley, l. 1943, and his brother, thomas stanley, l. 1945. |
stephens | crescent houses (girls) | 1987 | wade c. stephens family | gift of trustee artemis a. w. joukowsky, l. 1950. |
davidson (boys) | lower school houses | 1930 | philip j. davidson, l. 1911, died august 1918 while in service for wwi | all four houses were originally in the old lower school, built in 1924 and officially named the alumni war memorial building. in 1972, davidson and thomas moved to raymond-davis house, built in 1930 and named for long-time faculty member charles henry raymond. cromwell and perry ross moved to dawes house, built in 1929 and named for rufus fearing dawes, l. 1909. |