Choate Rosemary Hall

1890

THE FOUNDERS OF ROSEMARY HALL AND THE CHOATE SCHOOL

In 1890, Mary Atwater Choate established Rosemary Hall, a school for girls, on the family property known as Rosemary Farm in Wallingford, Connecticut, where Mrs. Choate and her husband, Judge William Gardner Choate, spent their summers. In 1896, Judge Choate founded The Choate School for boys.