Staten Island Academy history

In 1891 the school bought land at the corner of Wall Street and Academy Place, a street that was named after the school, in the St George section of Staten Island.

Because of the expanding student population, a grand new building of English architectural design was built, and the cornerstone was laid in December 1895.

The growing program forced Academy athletes in 1921 to hold their contests at fields that had been given to the school on Delafield Square.

In 1931, a field house and additional athletic fields were acquired when the school purchased land off Todt Hill Road, and Staten Island Academy donated the land at Delafield Square to the City of New York, which created Walker Park from it.

On December 10, 1964, ground was broken on the Todt Hill campus to build facilities to house the entire school.

Alumni Hall was completed in 1970, and the entire student body was accommodated on the Todt Hill campus shortly thereafter.

In September 1975, a fire destroyed Dongan Hall, the center of the Todt Hill campus.

The clock now hangs in Crowe Hall, which was built in 1976 on the site of the historic Dongan Hall building.

The Alexander Robbins Steinman Foundation partially funded the project in honor of Alex Steinman, Class of 1986, who died on 9/11.

In 1995, the Francis H. Powers Science and Technology Center was added to Kearns Hall.

A school fitness center was opened in late 2003.

In Spring 2018, the Renaissance Campaign was announced, which is a five-year development to drastically reshape the Academy.