Thetford Academy

Thetford Academy (HM2IEH)

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N 43° 49.029', W 72° 13.763'

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On this site stood the original Thetford Academy. Co-educational from the start, it was founded in 1819 by Thetford citizens led by Rev. Asa Burton and Judge Simeon Short. The academic building with belfry and separate doors for boys and girls housed what is now Vermont's oldest secondary school. This building, along with the girls' dorm, the first Latham Library, and a nearby barn, burned the windy evening of November 14, 1942. Another group of citizens under the leadership of principal Carl A. Anderson rebuilt the Academy at its present location.

Notable attendees of TA include Sen. Justin Morrill, Mary Leavitt, Gen. John Eaton, Mary Gibson, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Thomas Morris Chester, Lt. Alanson Sanborn, and William Baxter Closson.
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HM NumberHM2IEH
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Year Placed2019
Placed ByVermont Division for Historic Preservation
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019 at 8:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 722816 N 4855295
Decimal Degrees43.81715000, -72.22938333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 49.029', W 72° 13.763'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 49' 1.7400000000002" N, 72° 13' 45.78" W
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