Pinkerton Academy - Campus

Campus

Pinkerton Academy's campus spans over 170 acres (0.69 km2). The center of the academy's campus is the main campus that holds buildings where classes are taught, and the surrounding area is used for specific non-academic purposes. The main campus is 8 acres (32,000 m2), leaving 162 acres (0.66 km2) for extracurricular activities. There are nine academic buildings which are located in the main campus: the Pinkerton Building, the Shepard Building, the Saltmarsh Library, the Frost English Wing, the Academy Building, the Low Vocational Building, the Pinkerton Field House, the Ek Science Building, the Hackler Gymnasium, and The Arts & Humanities Building which holds the Stockbridge Theatre. Plays and local events are shown at the Stockbridge Theatre. Some buildings are dedicated to important people of the academy, such as Robert Frost, Alan Shepard, and Ivah A. Hackler. The Pinkerton building was built in 1887 to replace the original school building. It is named after the Pinkerton family, the original founders of the school, and consists of two stories and a basement. The building now holds foreign language classes and administrative offices.

In addition, there are eight smaller buildings around the main campus: The Green House, the Alumni Building (the original school building), Haynes House, Mackenzie House, Sugar House, Piper Maintenance Building, and Room 30. 95 acres (380,000 m2) are used for athletic fields, faculty housing, and farmland.

In April 2010 the Eckman Construction company began construction on the new Academy building. It was completed for the start of the 2011-2012 school year. The building is being added to help new freshmen adjust to the large campus. Construction was originally planned to begin in 2008, but was pushed back due to financial difficulty.