Mount Pleasant Classical Institute

Mount Pleasant Classical Institute, was a boarding school for boys in Amherst, Massachusetts.

It was founded by Amherst College graduates Chauncey Colton D. D. and Francis Fellowes, his brother in-law.

[4] The school was also home to Greek refugees: Abolitionist and woman rights activist John C. Zachos, author and lecturer Christophoros Plato Kastanes, author Alexandros Georgios Paspates, Constantine Fundulakes Newell, Christopher Evangeles.

According to Kastanes book, the teachers were Gregory Anthony Perdicaris and Petros Mengous author of Narrative of a Greek Soldier in 1830.

After the school was closed, the building was partly dismantled and moved to other locations within Amherst.