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 Old Academy - New Castle, Delaware Posted by:  BruceS
N 39° 39.657 W 075° 33.777
18S E 451709 N 4390278
Historic former school building on the Green in New Castle, Delaware.
Waymark Code: WMKW15
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2014
Views: 3
The OLD ACADEMY, NW. corner of Green, begun in 1798, completed in 1811, is a long two-story brick building set off by a low garden wall. The broad entrance with its arch and fanlight is centered beneath a Palladian window and cupola.
The Academy was planned in 1772 as "public seminary of learning" to replace the overcrowded old Quaker Meeting House, used as the first school, but the Revolution delayed construction until the end of the century. The Academy was the only school on a tuition basis until 1852, when New Castle Institute, a part tuition, part free school, a feature whereby the school could receive part of the State school funds, was opened. The Academy building is now leased to Immanuel Church. - Delaware: A Guide to the First State, 1938, pg 243.
The Old Academy building is much as described in the Guide. It is in excellent condition. It continues to be used by Immanuel Church for Sunday school and other purposes.
Book: Delaware
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 243
Year Originally Published: 1938
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