Luzerne Presbyterial Institute - Wyoming PA - Former Schools on Waymarking.com

Luzerne Presbyterial Institute, also known as the Wyoming Institute is a historic church school on Institute Street in Wyoming, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1849 for use as a school, the Luzerne Presbyterial Institute, which closed in 1869. The building was then used as a Sunday school by the Wyoming Presbyterian Church.

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Although the school was short-lived, the last principal having left in 1861, it was significant in educational and religious history. It recalls the middle class' first efforts to provide secondary educations for its children. That effort coincided with a local congregation's response to the national denomination's concern that education have a moral and religious base. It deserves recognition on these counts and also as an unusually fine and rare example of mid 19th century Greek revival architecture in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The building is presently owned by the Wyoming Presbyterian Church & is used for Sunday School, church meetings. &. community activities.

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Address: Institute St. Wyoming, PA Web Site: [Web Link]

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