Troy Academy

Coordinates: 40°40′47″N 92°12′03″W / 40.6797°N 92.2008°W / 40.6797; -92.2008

Troy Academy

"Do Right Because it is Right"
Address
Highway 2, Davis County, IA
Troy, Iowa
USA
Information
Established 1853

Troy Academy was a school of higher education in Davis County, Iowa. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was founded in 1853 as a "seminary of learning" and operated through the Des Moines Presbytery and then independently.[1][2] It was the first "normal school" teaching teachers in the newly created state of Iowa.[3] In addition to training teachers, it also taught students hoping to become lawyers, doctors and eventually taught courses in business and accounting.[4] Eventually the Troy Academy became the high school of the Troy Independent School District in 1904. The school was for most of its history coeducational.[5] The Troy Academy is undergoing renovations and is accessible to the public a few times per year and upon request.[6]

References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=wWEvAQAAMAAJ&dq=troy+academy+davis+county&source=gbs_navlinks_s
  2. ↑ Troy Academy, Troy Iowa
  3. ↑ Troy Academy, Troy Iowa
  4. ↑ Southeast Iowa Museum Guide
  5. ↑ http://iagenweb.org/davis/TroyChildren.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.bdemo.com/Tourism%202013.pdf
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