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Monroe Academy
(established 1827)
Monroe Academy in Henrietta was incorporated by the state Regents in 1827.
In 1840 it was re-incorporated and in 1871 it became the East Henrietta
Union School. |
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Rochester High School
(established 1827)
Later known as Rochester Collegiate Institute
In 1827 this first Rochester high school was built on Chestnut Street.
It closed in 1831, but re-opened as the Rochester Seminary of General
Education in 1832. In 1839 Rochester Seminary was re-chartered as
Rochester Collegiate Institute and Dr. Chester Dewey became its head. In
1841 the female department closed. In 1852 Dr. Dewey left to join
University of Rochester, and in 1852 the building burned down. |
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Picture of original building
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Clarkson Academy
(established 1835)
Clarkson Academy in Clarkson was incorporated by the state regents in 1835.
Its most famous student was probably the astronomer Lewis Swift, whose
father had helped to organize the school. The wooden building was lost to
fire in the mid-1850s. A new brick school building opened near by and became
part of the public school system. |
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Rochester Female Academy
(established 1835)
Later known as Rochester Female Seminary, Miss Doolittle's School and
Mrs. Nichols' School
This school opened circa 1835 on Fitzhugh Street in Rochester; it operated
until 1903 under various names. |
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Mendon Academy
(established 1836)
This school was started by Rev. and Mrs. Marcenus Stone on Mendon-Ionia Road
in Mendon. In 1839 it was purchased by the District No. 2 School. It is one
of many historic cobblestone buildings in Western New York. |
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Seward Female Seminary
(established 1839)
Seward Female Seminary was opened by Sarah Seward on Alexander Street in
Rochester. The academy closed in 1853. |
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Brockport Collegiate Institute
(established
1842)
This school was incorporated by the Regents in 1842. In 1866 it became one
of four state normal schools. In turn the Brockport State Normal School
later became SUNY Brockport. |
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Clover Street Seminary
(established 1848)
This school was founded by Isaac Moore at his home on Clover Street in
Brighton. His sister-in-law, Celestia Bloss, taught at the school. After her
death in 1855, J.G. Cogswell ran the school for a short time. It is not
listed in the Regent’s Report after 1858. Later the building became the
private residence of the Joseph Wilson family. Wilson was president of the
Haloid (later Xerox) Corporation. |
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Academy of the Sacred Heart
(established 1849)
There appears to be no image of the original building used. This Catholic
school for young women was incorporated by the state Legislature in 1849.
The school moved from St. Paul Street to this facility on Prince Street in
1863, where it operated until the school closed in 1968. |
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Penfield Seminary
(established 1857)
This building was constructed at the Four Corners in Penfield, and operated
until 1871 when it was sold to Penfield School District No. 1. The building
later became part of the Penfield Fire Department operations and the front
of the building was remodeled. |
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Curtis Seminary for Girls
(established 1858)
Later became known as Livingston Park Seminary.
This school was started by Cathro Curtis in Rochester. It closed in 1934. In
the 1950s it was carefully dismantled and stored. In 1970 it was rebuilt on
the grounds of the Genesee Country Museum. |
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Rochester Collegiate Institute, 2nd
incorporation
(established 1865)
This school operated for a brief period in the 1860s and 1870s at the corner
of Atwater & Oregon Streets in Rochester. |
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Nazareth Academy
(established 1871)
This Catholic school for female students was built on the corner of Frank
and Jay streets in Rochester. At the beginning the students were both
boarders and day-schoolers. This school is the only one listed here which
has survived into the present day. |
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