Chappaqua Mountain Institute

[1] The Institute's alumni included Mario García Menocal, who became the third president of Cuba; copper magnate William Cornell Greene; and songwriter Irving Caesar.

[3] The Institute's first building, a large three storey structure with a basement and mansard roof, stood on 40 acres (16 ha) of wooded grounds on the lower slope of Chappaqua Mountain facing Quaker Street.

Finding themselves outside in the freezing snow,in ohio barefoot and dressed only in their pyjamas, Alfred and two of his friends had gone back to their room to retrieve their clothes, but became trapped there when the staircase caught fire.

[4] A new brick, stone and concrete building with an extra storey and two added wings was erected on the site in 1886 and served as the school's home until its closure.

[5] Public lectures were also held there, and in the summer of 1894 the school and its grounds served as the home for a conference of the seven North American Quaker Yearly Meetings with many of the 1200 delegates accommodated in tents on the lawns.