Robinson Female Seminary was an American girl's day and boarding school in Exeter, New Hampshire.

William Robinson, a native and early resident of the town, gave $250,000 to it for the establishment of a female seminary.

"[3] The town of Exeter received the bequest, about US$250,000,[3] and carried out the provisions of the will by placing the fund in the hands of trustees, chosen by and responsible to it—then borrowed US$100,000, giving their note, principal and interest, payable all or in part, on demand of the trustees, who were expected to make tuition free to all female children of the town, with books and stationery, and further deducting from the income thus reduced all expenses for repairs, improvement on grounds, and all pecuniary expenses.

[4] A plan for the establishment and regulation of the seminary was carefully elaborated by a committee, adopted by the town, and received the sanction of the legislature of New Hampshire.

A tract of land of nearly 16 acres (6.5 ha) was secured, and on July 4, 1868, the corner stone of the seminary building was laid.

Years before art decorations in schools had been suggested elsewhere, Cross had hung the walls of his schoolrooms all over with costly and beautiful pictures and had lined the corridors with casts of Greek and Roman sculpture.

[3] Most of the students of the seminary lived in Exeter, though nonresidents could be admitted upon the payment of a small tuition fee, and a few such were always in the school.

[3] Designed by architect Rufus Sargent,[6] the seminary was built of brick, with a granite basement, and three stories in height.

[3] In planning the education of the girls, Cross kept in view three ends: the development of the homemaking spirit and the dignity of domesticity, the cultivation of self-dependence, and the ability to earn an honorable livelihood; and for those who desired it, a thorough preparation for a college course.

The Robinson Seminary building was destroyed by a fire in October 1961,[9] and the site is now occupied by the Lincoln Street Elementary School.