Robinson was known for both his leadership role among border state Presbyterians during and after the Civil War and his interest in mission work in the mountains of eastern Kentucky.
[3] The school was located on a 16-acre (6.5 ha) campus served by the Rockhouse Branch of the L&N Railroad and by Kentucky Route 15.
[4] It graduated its last class in 1956 and closed in 1957, after which time the Southern Presbyterian Church sold the property.
[1][6] The school property is now used as Calvary Campus, a Christian camp, education facility, and retreat center.
"[1] Notable alumni of the Stuart Robinson School include Juanita Kreps, U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Jimmy Carter, and Gurney Norman, author and university professor whose novel Divine Right's Trip was published in serial form in the Whole Earth Catalog.