July 4 - Charles A. Dickinson, founder, born in Westminster, Vermont |
1849 |
Graduated from Harvard College |
1872 |
Graduated from Andover Seminary |
1879 |
Ordained to the ministry |
1879 |
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Purchased the Pierce farm |
1894 |
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March - October - Took a leave from Berkeley Temple to establish the Kurn Hattin Home for Boys |
1894 |
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1894
August - Kurn Hattin Home for Boys opened with four boys, two houseparents and a teacher. |
December - Volume 1, No. 1 of the Kurn Hattin magazine published |
1894 |
December 17 - First Annual Meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts |
1895 |
Bequest of Sarah J. Warner's home and property in Saxtons River, VT the first property to be listed in the name of the Kurn Hattin Home Association |
1895 |
First Annual Meeting of the Vermont Corporation was held in Westminster |
1897 |
November - Warner Home in Saxtons River, VT was opened with eight boys and a matron. |
1898 |
Permanent endowment fund was started with a legacy of $2,000 |
1900 |
January 8 - Reverend Dickinson passes away |
1907 |
September 10 - The title "Kurn Hattin Home Association" was replaced by the "New England Kurn Hattin Homes" |
1907 |
February 28 - Main building destroyed by fire |
1908 |
Two Boy Scout Troups were formed on the Saxtons River Campus |
1911 |
The Kurn Hattin Alumni Association was founded. |
1914 |
Alumni Association held its first meeting. |
1915 |
The Massachusetts Corporation was formed. |
1915 |
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1922
July 1 - The boys were moved from Warner Home and it was made into a home for girls. |
W. I. "Pete" Mayo takes over as Kurn Hattin Director and serves for 35 years. |
1927 |
December - First issue of the magazine printed by the boys' printing class. |
1929 |
The band was organized at the boys' campus and an orchestra on the girls' campus. |
1931 |
The Kurn Hattin magazine became "The Kurn Hattin Bulletin." |
1935 |
School became coeducational, busing students between campuses. |
1963 |
Mr. Mayo passes away. |
1963 |
Long-term goal of having all Kurn Hattin children live in small cottages was achieved. |
1978 |
School on the girls' campus closed and girls were bused to the Westminster campus. |
1989 |
Mayo Memorial Center opens. |
1989 |
Campuses consolidate. |
1993 |
Kurn Hattin celebrates 100 years of service! |
1994 |
Patricia Kelsey becomes the first female President of the Board. |
1997 |
Kurn Hattin hosts a national childcare conference in Killington, VT. |
2000 |
Thomas Building renovated for children's recreation center. |
2002 |
An additional girls' cottage is erected, named Maysilles Cottage for former alum ('43) and Executive Director David J. Maysilles. |
2005 |
