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Hackley School Alumni
Hackley School is a private university-preparatory school, college preparatory school located in Tarrytown, New York, and is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League. Founded in 1899 by a wealthy philanthropist, Frances Hackley, the school was intended to be a Unitarianism, Unitarian alternative to Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal boarding schools. Since its founding, Hackley has dropped its Unitarian affiliations and changed from all-boys to coeducational. The current Head of School is Charles Franklin. History Founding Frances Hackley, a wealthy widow and leading supporter of the Unitarian movement, decided to give her summer mansion in Tarrytown to a school for boys. She provided substantial funding to refurbish the mansion for school purposes and to operate the school for several years. In the spring of 1899, a board of trustees was formed and a headmaster hired. The first students arrived in the autumn of 1899 and resided in what is today called Hackle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Greenburgh, New York, Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a Tarrytown station, stop on the Metro-North Railroad, Metro-North Hudson Line (Metro-North), Hudson Line. To the north of Tarrytown is the village of Sleepy Hollow, New York, Sleepy Hollow (formerly "North Tarrytown"), to the south the village of Irvington, New York, Irvington and to the east unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. The Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present), Tappan Zee Bridge crosses the Hudson River, Hudson at Tarrytown, carrying the New York State Thruway (Interstates Interstate 87 (New York), 87 and Interstate 287, 287) to South Nyack, New York, South Nyack, Rockland County, New York, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
