Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Military School in Ashes. [ARTICLE]

Military School in Ashes.

Jarvis Hall Military academy at Montclair, eight miles from Denver, a school maintained by the Episcopal church of the diocese of Colorado for boys, was burned to the ground. The loss is estimated at $75,000. Seventyfive students roomed in the building, but all escaped without injury. The origin of the fire is unknown. The building was insured for $40,000. The library of Canon Rogers, rector of the academy, one of the finest in the west, pas partially destroyed.