The Noble and Greenough School, commonly known as Nobles, is a coeducational, nonsectarian day and five-day boarding school for students spanning from grades seven through twelve. The campus is near Boston on a 187-acre (0.76 km2) campus that borders the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts.[2] The current enrollment of 614 students includes a mix of boys and girls.[2]
History
Nobles was founded in 1866 by George Washington Copp Noble, in Boston, Massachusetts, as an all-boys preparatory school for Harvard University. It became known as Noble & Greenough in 1892. During World War I, the school merged with Boston-based Volkman School, which had faced a drastically declining student population due to the headmaster's German origins. There is a monument to the Volkman School on the Nobles campus. In 1922, the school moved from Boston to its current location in Dedham. The property had previously been the estate of Albert W. Nickerson. The grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.[3] The school discontinued its lower school at this time, which caused parents to start the Dexter School, to fill the gap created. In 1975, Nobles began admitting girls.
Headmaster
Tenure
Events/Biography
1.
George Washington Copp Noble
1866–1920
Founder of the school
2.
Charles Wiggins II
1920–1943
School relocates to Dedham, Massachusetts. School discontinues lower school.
3.
Eliot T. Putnam
1943–1971
Son-in-law of Charles Wiggins
4.
Edward "Ted" S. Gleason
1971–1987
School begins to admit girls
5.
Richard "Dick" H. Baker
1987–2000
6.
Robert P. Henderson
2000–2017
Oversaw the building of the MAC, arts center, new library, renovation of Baker, castle remodel, and more.