Magazine, reporting on the modern trend in feminine education in private schools, listed Miss Hall's among the nation's top ten schools. Mira Hall died suddenly on August 25, 1937, while on vacation in Maine. Campus The Georgian-style, Main Building was built in 1923. It underwent an eight-year, renovation and expansion that began in 1996. In this building are classrooms, laboratories, choral and instrumental music rehearsal space, administrative offices, the Humes Euston Hall Library, and residential hallways. Other campus sites include the Anne Meyer Cross Athletic Center, Ara West Grinnell Teaching Greenhouse, Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Arts Center, New Dorm, and Linn Hall. Notable alumnae Ubah Ali, anti-FGM activist from Somaliland Jean Erdman, an influential figure in the world of modern dance and part of the Martha Graham Dance Company Jacqueline Mars, (born October 10, 1939) is an American heiress to the Mars Candy Company and a notable investor. Zelia Peet Ruebhausen, policy advisor, UN observer Countess Xenia Czernichev-Besobrasov (1929-1968), Russian aristocrat and wife of Archduke Rudolf of Austria References External links The Association of Boarding Schools profile 1898 establishments in Massachusetts Boarding schools in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Educational institutions established in 1898 Girls' schools in Massachusetts Private high schools in Massachusetts Private preparatory schools in Massachusetts Schools in Berkshire County, Massachusetts