Black River Academy
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| Location | High St., Ludlow Village, Vermont |
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| Coordinates | 43°23′47″N 72°41′45″W / 43.39639°N 72.69583°WCoordinates: 43°23′47″N 72°41′45″W / 43.39639°N 72.69583°W |
| Area | 0 acres (0 ha) |
| Built | 1835 |
| Architect | Smith,Clinton |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Richardsonian |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000108[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 15, 1972 |
Black River Academy is a historic academy on High Street in the village of Ludlow in Vermont.
Black River Academy was chartered in Ludlow in 1835 and operated as a school, serving as the Town of Ludlow's public high school until 1938, when a new school was built. The original academy building burned early in the school's history, and the school operated in a church for 44 years until a new school building was built in 1888.[2][3][4] Notable alumni of the Black River Academy include U.S. President Calvin Coolidge; Rotary founder Paul P. Harris; John Garibaldi Sargent, who was U.S. Attorney General during Coolidge's Presidency; Vermont Governor William W. Stickney; United States Senator Ernest Willard Gibson; and author and historian Abby Maria Hemenway.[3][5] After the school closed, the Richardsonian school building was used for a time as a convalescent home.
Since 1972 it has housed the Black River Academy Museum, a museum of local history.[2][3]
The academy was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
References
- ↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 History of Black River Academy, Black River Academy Museum website, accessed October 9, 2009
- 1 2 3 Black River Academy, 14 High Street, Black River Academy Museum website, accessed October 9, 2009
- ↑ Black River Academy Museum and Historical Society, Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance website, accessed October 9, 2009
- ↑ Some Famous Alumni of Black River Academy, Black River Academy Museum website, accessed October 9, 2009
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