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Gorham Academy

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approved an act incorporating the Academy on March 5, 1803. The academy was to be for education of both sexes. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was on June 1 of the same year, and on the 23rd of June, the legislature granted a half-township of land to the academy.
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A History of the Town of Gorham, Maine, by Josiah Pierce. p86. Foster & Cushing, 1862
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for its fine Federal period architecture and its importance in local education.
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In 1802, Hon. Stephen Longfellow presented a petition in favor of an academy in
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in the late 1870s, and the Academy Building is now on the campus of the
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43°40′55″N 70°26′45″W / 43.68194°N 70.44583°W / 43.68194; -70.44583

Gorham, Maine
Gorham
Caleb Strong
Academy Building
University of Southern Maine
National Register of Historic Places
"Gorham Historical Society"
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"NRHP nomination for Academy Building"
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Bridgton Academy
Carrabassett Valley Academy
Foxcroft Academy
Fryeburg Academy
Gould Academy
Hebron Academy
Kents Hill School
Lincoln Academy
Maine Central Institute
Maine School of Science and Mathematics
Washington Academy
Berwick Academy
Breakwater School
Bridgton Academy

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