space for 100 female students as well as classrooms, laboratories, library, gymnastic facilities, chapel, dining room, kitchen and laundry facilities. It burned in 1892.
=== Colby Academy ===
The school was renamed again in 1878, becoming the Colby Academy, a tribute to the ongoing support of the Colby family of New London.
Financed by Mary ("Mellie") Colgate, Colgate Hall was completed and dedicated in 1912, named in honor of the Colgate family whose members were dedicated supporters of the college. Colgate Hall housed female students, administrative offices, a library, dining room, kitchen, chapel, classrooms, and laundry. The male students continued to reside in Colby Hall.
In 1922, H. Leslie Sawyer became headmaster of Colby Academy. He would lead the institution until 1955, leading its transition into a junior college.
=== Colby School for Girls to Colby Junior College for Women ===
After 90 years as a secondary school, Colby Academy trustees voted in 1927 to transform Colby Academy into a junior college …
