The First Academy of Richmond County

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One block east on Bay Street was opened as a

boys' classicial school on April 12, 1785. Here

President George Washington attended

examinations in 1791. The buildings housed the

General Assembly of Georgia when Augusta

was the capital, the Federal ...

Northern Neck Industrial Academy

The Northern Neck Baptist Association established the Northern Neck Industrial Academy in 1898 through financial contributions from local black Baptist churches. The academy opened approximately three miles to the west on Route 608 at Oak Hill Farm in Oct. 1901 ...

Fort Severn and the United States Naval Academy

Fort Severn Chapter

National Society

Daughters of the American Revolution

honors

Fort Severn

and the

United States Naval Academy.

[map]

"Locating Fort Severn within the U.S. Naval Academy, March 28, 1977."

Marker can be reached from Cooper Road 0.1 miles south of Santee Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mount Bethel Academy

[Front]

Located about one mile northeast on land conveyed by Edward Finch, this school, the first Methodist educational venture in the state, was established by Bishop Francis Asbury and opened by him, 1795. A number of Mt. Bethel students became the ...

Site of Athens Academy

first school for higher education

in this section

Planned 1797 - Opened 1814 - Razed 1925

Stephen C. Foster

was an academy student in 1840-1841

here in 1841 in Old Tioga Point

he wrote his first composition

The Tioga Waltz

Marker is on Main Street (State Highway 199), ...

Village Academy / Furman Academy and Theological Institute

Village Academy

Organized in 1811, the Edgefield Village Academy was located for many years on this site acquired from Col. Eldred Simkins in 1825. The South Carolina Coeducational Institute was located here from 1903-1913. During Reconstruction, many exciting political meetings were ...

The United States Naval Academy Bridge

A bridge has served this area since 1836 when a timber trestle bridge with a swing span was built across the Severn River. It was replaced with a concrete and steel low-level drawbridge in 1924. After more than 70 years ...

The Granville Academy / The Anti-Slavery Movement

The Granville Academy

The Granville Congregational Church erected this building in 1833 for its Female Academy and a church meeting room. The school prospered and, in 1837, moved to make way for the Granville Male Academy. The Welsh Congregational Church purchased ...

The Academy Bell

For the people of Kanab, this bell represents schools and the importance of learning. From its founding in 1870, Kanab citizens have been encouraged to obtain as much education as possible and to use it for the benefit of all. ...

The History Of Scotland Academy

In 1880 Reverend-Doctor Harlan P. Carson, Synodical Missionary for Dakota Territory, arrived from Illinois. In 1886 he established Scotland Academy for pioneering settlers in Bon Homme and surrounding counties to support the two Christian crusades of the Presbyterian Church. The ...