Choate Rosemary Hall

Choate Rosemary Hall (often known as Choate; ) is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1890, it took its present name and began a co-educational system with the 1971 merger of The Choate School for boys and Rosemary Hall for girls. It is part of the Eight Schools Association and the Ten Schools Admissions Organization. History Early years The Choate School and Rosemary Hall were both founded by prominent New England families, the Choates and Atwaters. Rosemary Hall Rosemary Hall was founded in 1890 by Mary Atwater Choate at Rosemary Farm in Wallingford, her childhood home and the summer residence of her and her husband, William Gardner Choate. Mary, an alumna of Miss Porter's School, was the great-granddaughter of Caleb Atwater (1741–1832), a Connecticut merchant magnate who supplied the American forces during the Revolutionary War.