Ruutz-Rees, located on upper campus, is one of a group of modern brick buildings built for Rosemary Hall’s return to Wallingford. Architect James Stewart Polshek, whose firm built Bill Clinton’s Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, strove to replicate some of the old charm of the Greenwich campus while combining modern structures with the more traditional buildings at Choate. It houses the financial and human resources offices and is used for special events and meetings.
The building is named for the first headmistress of Rosemary Hall, Caroline Ruutz-Rees.