The History of Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School
Timeline
1922
The Greenhouse Playgroup moved into a greenhouse behind Johnson Hall.
1919
Marion M. Crampton (Tully), whose husband was a noted zoologist at Columbia University, begin a playgroup for young academic families with a $100 gift from Kate Butler (La Montagne), whose husband, Nicholas Murray Butler, was the President of Columbia University. The first playgroup had 10 children in attendance.