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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.
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.
It serves as a connector between NY 233, which bypasses the village of Clinton to the west, and NY 12B, which passes through the village. NY 412 is a two-lane highway its entire length. It was assigned in the mid-1930s, originally extending from the Hamilton College campus west of NY 233 to Clinton. It was cut back to its present length in the ...
Hamilton College opened in 1812. Its first president, a 47-year-old reverend, came to Clinton, New York from his hometown of Norwich, Connecticut.
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 ...
NY 412 heads east from here to serve Clinton while College Hill Road heads west to serve Hamilton College. North of the NY 412 junction, NY 233 is named Bristol Road as it passes through the hamlet of Kirkland (where it meets NY 5) and enters the town of Westmoreland. NY 233 entering the Stanwix Heights section of the city of Rome
College Hill represents an approach to, and landing on, a plateau in the Central New York Region of New York, further located in the Town of Kirkland, west of Clinton. Hamilton College is located on College Hill.
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]