Contributed by Fryeburg Historical Society
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Stereograph of Fryeburg, Academy, ca. 1900.
Fryeburg Academy, started in 1777, was one of the first schools built in Maine and one of the first schools in the United States to accept women.
Schools were in private homes until 1777 when money was appropriated to build a schoolhouse. Citizens were interested in more schools being built offering more subjects such as Latin, Greek and English.
In 1791 residents from Fryeburg, Brownfield and Conway agreed to support a new school, Fryeburg Academy. The school was incorporated in 1792.
The school was known as a "fitting school" for Bowdoin College, focusing on teacher training. For a short time the Academy was also on the way to becoming a medical school, but it instead focused on being a college preparatory school.
About This Item
- Title: Fryeburg Academy, ca. 1900
- Creator: Pease No. Conway N.H.
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Fryeburg, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Stereograph
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 18 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Fryeburg Historical Society83 Portland St, Fryeburg, ME 04037
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