Gorham Academy, Gorham, ca. 1880
Contributed by Gorham Historical Society
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The Gorham Academy opened in 1806. Thomas McLellan gave an acre of land on which to erect the academy.
Samuel Elder contracted to put up the wooden building, 50 ft. long, 40 ft. wide, two stories high with a cupola for a bell. This was the first bell hung in Gorham.
It was one of Gorham's best examples of Georgian architecture in New England.
It originally "fitted boys for college," and later became jointly organized with the femaie seminary. When public education developed, it was leased to the Normal School on School Street and later became part of the University of Southern Maine.
Other Information
- Title: Gorham Academy, Gorham, ca. 1880
- Creation Date: circa 1880
- Subject Date: circa 1880
- Town: Gorham
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 12 x 17
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Gorham Historical Society
c/o 121 Cressey Road, Gorham, ME 04038
(207) 839-4313
http://www.cascofcu.com/ghs/home.html
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LC Subject Headings
Schools--Maine--Gorham
Gorham Academy (Gorham, Me.)--Photographs
University of Southern Maine--History
People
McLellan, Thomas
Elder, Samuel
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