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Utica Free Academy
Utica Free Academy building viewed from Kemble Street, photo from circa 1910
Historic plaque
Utica Academy, Bleecker Street, 2021
Utica Free Academy, whose predecessor, Utica Academy, opened in 1814,[1] was a high school in Utica, New York, which operated from 1840 until 1990, when it was consolidated with Thomas R. Proctor High School. The combined entity operated briefly at UFA's original facility under the name Utica Senior Academy, but by 1993 had been reverted to the Proctor name and heritage.
The last UFA building is now a nursing home.[2]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Dean Alfange (1897-1989), politician
- Richard H. Balch (1901-1984), businessperson and politician
- Tim Capstraw (b. 1960), basketball coach and broadcaster
- John D. Caton (1812-1895), chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
- Mark Danner (b. 1958), writer, journalist, and educator
- Cyrus D. Prescott (1836-1902), politician and lawyer
- John Ballard Rendall (1847–1924), minister, Lincoln University president, and Pennsylvania state representative
- Mary Traffarn Whitney (1852–1942), minister, editor, social reformer, philanthropist, lecturer
References
[edit]- ^ "Utica Free Academy Christmas Ornament". November 3, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ "Utica Free Academy". Oneida County Historical Society. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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- Defunct schools in New York (state)
- Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York
- Educational institutions established in 1840
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