A. Abbot Circle. Abbot Academy was named after Madame Sarah Abbot of Andover, who donated the original funds to build the first building. The Abbot name and tradition continue at Andover through the Abbot Academy Fund, established after the merger to promote education with “special attention from time to time to the goals of the education of female youth.” Like Phillips Academy, Abbot had a clearly defined center of campus, the Abbot Circle, formed by Draper Hall with Abbot Hall and McKeen Hall on either side. Ceremonies, commencement processions, winding of the May pole, Phillips serenades and the Centennial in 1929 all took place on the Abbot Circle.