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1900

Founded in 1900 as Graham Hall, the school provided the opportunity for girls to continue their studies through their second year of college.

1907

In 1907 William McKendree Blake established the Blake School as a preparatory school for boys.

1911

Newton envisioned a school "not only for the wealthy, but for the worthy." The school incorporated on May 5, 1911, with all but two guarantors serving on the Board of Trustees.

1914

In 1914 a group of Minneapolis leaders purchased Graham Hall and incorporated the school as Northrop Collegiate School.

1917

In 1917, the school relocated within Minneapolis, with the site, now known as Northrop Campus, being the current home of the upper school campus.

1958

Highcroft Country Day School was founded in 1958 as an independent, non-sectarian, co-educational kindergarten-through-ninth-grade institution.

In 1958, Sage Cowles, wife of John Cowles, Jr., along with two friends, established Highcroft Country Day School, a private, coeducational, nonsectarian K-9 school in Wayzata.

1960

In 1960, the school building was constructed on land purchased and donated to the school, part of which was the former Highcroft estate in Wayzata, with the site, now known as Highcroft Campus, being the current home of the other lower school campus.

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