Timeline
Early 1860s - Eliza Burnett Fay and her sister, Harriet Burnett, establish a day school.
1866 - Fay School officially founded. Opens with two boarders and five day students, who attend classes in the Unitarian Parsonage (Todd House, across the street from the present campus). The boarders live in the Greenwood House, which later forms the nucleus of the Old Main Building.
1877 - The School moves to larger quarters above the Center Store/Post Office next to the Greenwood House.
1885 - A wing, comprising a 32-bed dormitory, a study hall, and classrooms is built onto the Greenwood House. Waldo Fay marries Mary Elizabeth Winchester.
1889 - First gymnasium constructed (now called the Upjohn Building, named for Richard V. Upjohn, faculty emeritus, and used as a multi-purpose space).
1893 - School building enlarged to include music room, recitation rooms, and additional dormitory space. First tennis courts constructed.
1896 - Eliza Burnett Fay dies. Waldo B. Fay '71 becomes headmaster.
1897 - Senior Field purchased.
1908 - Dormitories and large Schoolroom added, as well as a library. School comprises 77 students and seven masters.
1910 - Edward W. Fay '98 starts teaching at the school.
1914 - Additional property purchased on Main Street. The School now owns three house lots on Main Street, as well as sizeable land holdings from Route 30 to the reservoir.
1917 - Fay House purchased by Waldo Fay as a family residence.
1918 - Edward W. Fay '98 succeeds his father as Headmaster.
1920 - Fifth form (grade 7) added. Ice skating rink/swimming pool constructed.
1922 - Fay School is incorporated and first Board of Trustees appointed. Waldo Fay transfers ownership of the School to the Board. Adjacent properties of Winchester Tavern, Center Store, and Goodnow House purchased.
1926 - Dining Room Building constructed on site of Winchester Tavern. Dining Room given by mothers of boys who attended the School between 1896 and 1918, and named for Mrs. Waldo Fay.
1927 - School comprises 93 boarders and three day students.
1938 - First issue of Alumni Bulletin published.
1940 - Waldo Fay dies. By forgiving the mortgages and loans owed by Fay School, he effectively gives his family's entire interest in the School to the Board of Trustees.
1942 - Harrison L. Reinke becomes Fay's fourth headmaster. School newspaper, The Pioneer, founded.
1945 - Brackett House given to the School by Henry U. Harris '13.
1956 - Dedication of Henry U. Harris Building, which provided classrooms for the Lower School and an additional gymnasium. Webster House purchased.
1958 - Observatory and telescope donated.
1959 - First science program implemented.
1962 - Waters House purchased.
1963 - Edward W. Fay dies. Gives Fay House to the School. East House purchased.
1966 - Fay community contributes over $1 million to the School's Centennial Fund. Henry U. Harris retires as Chairman of the Board. School purchases South House, North House, and three acres adjacent to reservoir.
1969 - A. Brooks Harlow, Jr. '49 succeeds Harrison L. Reinke as Headmaster. Ninth grade added.
1970 - Dedication of Harrison L. Reinke Building, which provided classrooms for science and mathematics and an additional multi-purpose space.
1972 - Fay admits 12 girl day students.
1974 - Trap House, donated in memory of Philip D. Holden, '23, dedicated.
1976 - Old Gym moved to the site behind Fay House.
1977 - Fay School becomes fully coeducational. Groundbreaking for the Steward Dormitory.
1978 - American Language Academy opens branch at Fay School for the tutoring of foreign students. Campbell Steward Dormitory dedicated. Enrollment stands at 278.
1979 - Parkerville Field purchased.
1984 - One and a quarter million dollars raised by Fay community for new main building. Root Academic Center dedicated.
1986 - Old Main Building razed. Values course implemented.
1987 - Dedication of Picardi Art Center and Boylan Stair Tower.
1988 - Fay's in-house International Student Program (ISP) replaces the American Language Academy for the purpose of ESL instruction. Stephen V.A. Samborski succeeds A. Brooks Harlow, Jr. '49 as Headmaster.
1990 - Stephen C. White becomes Fay's seventh Headmaster. First issue of Fay Magazine published.
1991/92 - Fay School receives Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education.
1993 - The new Harlow Gymnasium is dedicated.
1994 - MacAusland family names playing field in memory of Donald MacAusland, '31.
1995 - Dedication of the Harris Events Center and Mars Room. New music center opens.
1997 - Fay's first gymnasium (1889) is dedicated to Richard V. Upjohn, faculty emeritus, and called the Upjohn Building. The kitchen is dedicated to Louis Maida, the school's chef from 1957 - 1997.
1998 - The house at 10 Middle Road is purchased.
1999 - John and Adrienne Mars challenge the Fay community with a $5,000,000 gift to endowment.
2001 - The new Learning Center, science, and mathematics wing of the Root Academic Center open.
2003 - Dedication of the Adrienne B. and John F. Mars '49 Wing of the Root Academic Center. Fay purchases the house at 6 Middle Road. Enrollment stands at 382.
2005 - Jay and Ting fields are dedicated.
2006 - Fay purchases the Ceramicole estate including the Kidder Mansion, now known as West Campus.
The campus is now 26 acres.
2007 - The house at 74 Main St. is purchased on land formerly owned by Fay.
2008 - Fay breaks ground for Phase 1 of construction. Two new village dormitories, a new entrance, new maintenance facility, and a waste water treatment facility are constructed.
Robert J. Gustavson, Jr. succeeds Stephen C. White as Head of School. Fay acquires the former Marlbrough Equestrian Center, located in Southborough and Marlborough, and originally opened in 1898 as the Marlborough Trotting Park. The Fay School campus is now 56 acres. Fay announces the construction of a new Primary School. The new building incorporating Goodnow House, will house Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Grades 1 and 2.
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