Foreign Mission School

Steward's House-Foreign Mission School
The Steward's House of the Foreign Mission School
Foreign Mission School is located in Connecticut
Foreign Mission School
Foreign Mission School is located in the United States
Foreign Mission School
Location14 Bolton Hill Rd., Cornwall, Connecticut
Coordinates41°50′40″N 73°19′57″W / 41.84444°N 73.33250°W / 41.84444; -73.33250
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1817 (1817)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.16000858[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 2016

The Foreign Mission School was an educational institution which operated between 1817 and 1826 in Cornwall, Connecticut. It was established by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The ABCFM was focused on sending missionaries to non-Christian cultures, mostly overseas.

The school was intended to educate students of non-Christian cultures, including Native Americans, in Christianity and Western culture so that they might become missionaries and emissaries to their own peoples. It had students from Hawaii, India and East Asia, in addition to those of Native American tribes primarily from east of the Mississippi River.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.