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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1806/00/00 Greersburg Academy building is constructed in 1806.
1818/00/00 John Brown (abolitionist) Education John Brown briefly attends Greersburg Academy, Darlington, PA.
1820/00/00 William H McGuffey Education William Holmes McGuffey, author of the Eclectic Reader, enters Greersburg Academy and lives with the Hughes family untill 1820.
1837/00/00 Future Union general John W Geary enters the Greersburg Academy just prior to studying engineering at Jefferson College.

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Particulars for Greersburg Academy:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Education
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Museum Type Historical Museum
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use School



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 75001616
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Education, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Significant Year: c 1806
Associated People: McGuffy,William,et al.
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: School
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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