The Jesuits subsequently constructed the present-day Roth Hall and other buildings, operating the property as the novitiate named St. Andrew-on-Hudson from 1903 to 1970.

The river had kept that name since the area's early history, around the United States' Colonial Era, when several mills were built on the kill.

The grist mill was owned by Jeremiah Rogers, a militia officer serving on Long Island during the Revolution.

James Roosevelt owned the land as part of his estate in the 1820s, and by the 1860s a farmhouse and stone terraces were constructed along the stream by Moses Beach.

A larger area held artifacts from the mid-to-late 1700s, including ceramics, tobacco pipes, coins, buttons, buckles, military objects, thimbles, domesticated animal remains, and an inscribed piece of slate.

[1]: 3:2 On January 15, 1903 the novitiate and juniorate of the Maryland-New York Province of the Society of Jesus left its house in Frederick, Maryland (which it had occupied since 1833) and moved to St. Andrew with 123 Jesuits.

Purbrick described the new property in Hyde Park as easy to access, in a good neighborhood, surrounded by well-maintained estates with English-style parkland.

[1]: 2:3 The site for Roth Hall was chosen on the highest ground of the property, and was originally completely hidden from the road, only seen from the Hudson.

[1]: 2:3  The surrounding land is undulating, and the Jesuits found it lends itself to building grottoes and winding paths for shrines and summer houses.

They hoped to construct a broad walkway the whole length of the 60-foot (18 m) cliff which skirts the river and hides the railroad and grounds from each other.

They also planned to construct a bridge over the railroad, leading to a piece of rocky land jutting into the river to be used for bathing and boating houses.

Publisher P. J. Kenedy later became the chapel's beneficiary, and built a mortuary called Della Strada there, for him and his family to be buried in.

[1]: 5:20 In 1907, the present Jesuit cemetery was created in a filled-in swamp, replacing two previous burial grounds on the campus.

A month after the novitiate's opening, one of the residing priests began to host Mass each week at Hudson River State Hospital, which was located a short distance down the road from St. Andrew.

The Jesuits used one quarter of their land on the east side for farming, with three-quarters remaining woodlands and overgrown brush.

[4]: 25  Beginning in 1905, the novitiate's founder and provincial over the region Edward Purbrick returned to teach as a tertian instructor there for two years.

[4]: 38 The Hyde Park property was sold to the Culinary Institute of America in 1970,[4]: 53  and its main building became Roth Hall, the school's primary teaching and administration facility.

[6] Remnants of the Jesuit presence include a small cemetery, where philosopher and priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is interred.

The Farquharson family crest was painted on the back wall of the room, along with portraits of Angell and Roth, and a skyscape mural on the ceiling.

The hall's reopening ceremony involved a ribbon-cutting and lunch with the Amerscot Highland Pipe Band playing bagpipes.

[15] The Hyde Park campus operates four public restaurants for students to gain experience in kitchen and management skills.

Food served at the American Bounty Restaurant highlights Hudson Valley produce and is prepared in the style of cuisines of the Americas.

The Apple Pie Bakery Café has a casual atmosphere and serves sandwiches, soups, and baked foods.

[17] The school also frequently creates on-campus pop-up restaurants, including Post Road Brew House.

The second of the campus' pop-ups, the gastropub opened in February 2016 in the General Foods Nutrition Center (formerly St. Andrew's Cafe).

[18] The student-run Ristorante Caterina de' Medici was moved to a new location in May 2001, when the Colavita Center for Italian Food and Wine was built for $6.7 million.

The redesign intended it to now resemble a brasserie, with polished steel lights, smoked-oak floors, and bentwood armchairs.

[20] CIA graduates who worked in the Escoffier Restaurant included Grant Achatz, Jonathan Benno, Anthony Bourdain, David Burke, Harold Dieterle, Todd English, Susan Feniger, Larry Forgione, Johnny Iuzzini, and Bradley Ogden.

[26]: 84 As part of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan, the CIA built a garden on top of the student commons building during its renovation.

The students break into groups and create a business plan, including marketing, menus, and a human resources manual.