Bingham School, Marker G-37
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showbizkid
N 36° 04.965 W 079° 06.335
17S E 670570 N 3994787
Hillsborough was once the site of one of the most exclusive preparatory schools in the nation, Bingham School, from 1827 to 1845.
Waymark Code: WMEY2
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2006
Views: 17
A prestigious private school, Bingham School was located in Hillsborough from 1827 to 1845. It was founded by William Bingham, professor of ancient languages at The University of North Carolina, and his wife, Annie Jean Slingsby. The headmaster after William Bingham's death in 1826 was his son, William James Bingham.
By the 1840s, Bingham's school could boast of pupils from almost every state in the Union, and its tuition, $150 per year, was supposedly the highest charged by any preparatory school in the nation. The school moved to the Oaks Community near Chapel Hill in 1845.
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