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Maria Harrison Hotchkiss (née Bissell; August 14, 1827 – November 10, 1901) was an American educator, heiress, and philanthropist. She was married to wealthy munitions maker Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, though long estranged. Upon receiving his inheritance she founded The Hotchkiss School, a private boarding school in Lakeville, Connecticut, in 1891.
In 1850, Maria met her husband, Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss, who would eventually become one of the world’s leading arms manufacturers. After Benjamin’s death in 1885, Maria inherited his fortune and wanted to put it to good use in her community. She considered paving the rutted roads of Salisbury and Sharon, but in the end, she decided to ...
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In the late 1800s, at the crossing of two country roads in Lakeville, Connecticut, sat an expanse of land known for its beauty and commanding views. On these 65 acres, which consisted of open fields and a few houses, Maria Harrison Bissell Hotchkiss chose to found The Hotchkiss School.
Nov 19, 2016 · Maria Bissell. 1827. School founder, Maria Harrison Bissell, is born on August 14 on Tory Hill, half a mile south of where the School now stands. Maria becomes a teacher in Salisbury; in 1850, she marries Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss, who goes on to establish himself as one of the world's leading arms manufacturers.
Maria Harrison Bissell. School founder, Maria Harrison Bissell, is born on August 14 on Tory Hill, half a mile south of where the School now stands. In 1850, Maria Bissell, then a school teacher in Sharon, marries Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss, a machinist and munitions manufacturer.
Photo added by Terry Goodwin. Maria Harrison Bissell Hotchkiss. Birth. 14 Aug 1827. Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA. Death. 10 Nov 1901 (aged 74) New York, New York County, New York, USA. Burial.
The Library, completed in 1893, was given to the town of Sharon by Maria Bissell Hotchkiss, in memory of her late husband, Benjamin Berkeley Hotchkiss. Mrs. Hotchkiss, who grew up on a farm on Tory Hill in Lakeville, was from a prominent Litchfield County family.
