Mercersburg Academy

  • Also Known As: Marshall College also Mercersburgh Theological Seminary also Mercersbu

  • Address: PA 16
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1836/03/01 The Pennsylvania General Assembly grants a charter to Marshall College. Dr Frederick Augustus Rauch came from Switzerland to be the first president of the college under the sponsorship of the Reformed Church in the United States.
1853/00/00 Marshall College joins with Franklin College in Lancaster, PA, to become Franklin and Marshall College. The preparatory department of Marshall College becomes Marshall Academy, which will later change to Marshall Collegiate Institute.
1923/09/00 James Stewart Education Jimmy Stewart enters Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.
1928/06/00 James Stewart Education Jimmy Stewart graduates from Mercersburg Academy.
1935/00/00 Walter Farley Education Walter Farley attends Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania and continues to work on THE BLACK STALLION The Black Stallion (book)

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
Franklin and Marshall College Campus Historic District
  • NRHP

Data »

Particulars for Mercersburg Academy:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Higher Learning College
Area of Significance Education
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Architectural Style Late Gothic Revival
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 84003374
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Multiple
Architectural Style: Classical revival, Late gothic revival
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1836
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: College
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: College

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