Kingsley Laboratories - Worcester MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 15.158 W 071° 47.394
19T E 269854 N 4681595
Kinsley Laboratories was the primary teaching facility at Worcester Academey
Waymark Code: WMHYGE
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2013
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"29. Worcester Academy (open), 81 Providence St., was founded under
the auspices of the Baptist denomination and incorporated in 1834 as the Worcester County Manual Labor High School. The original plant comprised a tract of 60 acres of land and buildings on Main St. About 1860 it was sold and in 1870 the school moved to Union Hill. The general principles laid down by the founders were: 'That the instruction should be of the first order; that strict moral and religious character should be attained ; and that every facility should be afforded for productive labor, to the end that education should be good, but not expensive.'
The Kingsley Laboratories (1897-98) are a group of seven buildings with individual lecture-rooms, stock-rooms, and laboratories for elementary and advanced chemistry,elementary and advanced physics, physiography, zoology, botany, meteorology, anatomy, and physiology. Adams Hall is the dining hall. The Gymnasium (1915) contains a swimming-pool and an indoor track. Gage Hall, now a dormitory, is the oldest building. The Warner Memorial Theater (1929) was given by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warner of New York, in memory of their son, Lewis. It contains a stage and a complete up-to-date motion-picture equipment."
Massachusetts A Guide to Its Places and People
As I walked around Worcester Academy and found my way to Kingsley Labs, I imagined life as a young boy coming out of the building, standing on the steps, wondering how I could use what I just learned from the science teacher in every day life.