History
Originally named the Virginia Female Institute, Stuart Hall has its origins in Mrs. Sheffey’s 1831 school, which held classes in her Staunton home.
During the Civil War the school’s building was used to house the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind while VSDB’s building was being used as a hospital. During this time students attended classes in a nearby home in Staunton.
Under the direction of Mrs. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart from 1880-1899, the school persevered through the economic and social times following the Civil War. Mrs. Stuart revised the curriculum and raised the standards of scholarship.
From 1899 to 1915, the principal was Maria Pendleton Duval, Mrs. Stuart’s cousin, and the first faculty advisor to ELA, the student group that founded the library in 1882. Under Miss Duval’s leadership, the school was renamed “Stuart Hall” in 1907 and was expanded to include grades K through 12 with boys being admitted into the lower school.
In 1940 the Lower School was discontinued. In 1992, the School opened a Middle School serving male and female day students in grades 6-8. In 1999 boys were accepted as day students into the Upper School. In 2007, Stuart Hall School merged with Hunter McGuire School and again became a K-12 independent school.
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