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The Elihu Root House is a historic house on College Hill Road, on the campus of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Built in 1817, it was the home of American statesman Elihu Root (1847-1937) from 1893 until his death. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972. [2]
Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in the Clinton, New York, area. [4] It was established as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1793 and received its charter as Hamilton College in 1812, in honor of Alexander Hamilton , one of its inaugural trustees, following a proposal made after his death in 1804.
It is located on New York State Route 233 (Harding Road) and is situated 0.4 miles (0.6 km) south of the junction of NY 233 and New York State Route 412. It was built by Samuel Kirkland in 1793. Kirkland, missionary to the Oneida Indians and founder of Hamilton College , received 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) from the state of New York following the ...
In 1844, the Clinton Grammar School, Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton Seminary, and Hamilton Academy, all being under the supervision of the New York State Board of Regents which made them eligible, received state appropriations of $48.84, $274.01, $387.95, and $225.18 respectively.
[3] The move to Fort Plain reflected the deterioration of the original buildings (the stone of the main building was later used in the construction of Carnegie Hall, on the Hamilton College campus, which opened in 1904 [18]: 25 ). Fort Plain, New York is in Montgomery County. Still named the Clinton Liberal Institute, it occupied in Fort Plain ...
The Emerson Literary Society [1] [failed verification] (ELS) is a co-ed, non-exclusive social society at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Since 1882, ELS has operated on the Hamilton campus. From 1884-1995, the society operated a residence, open to all members.
In 1887 the city of Nicolet was renamed the city of West De Pere, and in 1890 the city of West De Pere was finally consolidated into the city of De Pere to form a single city government. [ 14 ] St. Norbert College , which abuts the banks of the Fox River on the city's west side near the Claude Allouez Bridge , was founded by Norbertine Abbot ...
Clinton Village Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Clinton in Oneida County, New York. The district includes 144 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, two contributing sites, and six contributing objects. [2] It includes the Clinton Historical Society, a former church building.