The school offered courses in academic subjects, music (including piano and guitar), and art (including painting and drawing).

Its president was Samuel Ott and the largely female teachers were led by principal Sarah R. Hanna The school closed in June 1865.

The school offered a similar curriculum "to furnish first class instruction in all departments of education; in the elegant and artistic as well as the elementary and substantial".

The school served Protestant women, positioning itself as an alternative to nearby Catholic schools like Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy at a time when there was significant anti-Catholic sentiment locally.

Blaisdell suddenly resigned, citing low pay and harsh local winters.