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Cornwall, Connecticut, USA
Rumsey Hall School
"On October 1, 1900, Mrs. Lillias Rumsey Sanford of Seneca Falls, New York founded the second private nondenominational pre-preparatory school in the United States. It was called 'The Terrace'...
In 1906, Mrs. Sanford, who held the title of Director, took two actions, which would profoundly influence the course of Rumsey Hall School for the next forty three years. First, she moved the school (now called Rumsey Hall) from Seneca Falls, NY to Cornwall, CT. It would remain there until 1949..."
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