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The land for the school grounds was purchased for $46,000 by the school founders from the family of 18th-century abolitionist and ironmaster Thomas Rutter. The building used for the headmaster's residence (the Manor House) was once used as a staging point for the Underground Railroad .
Senator Hugh Scott, a Republican from Pennsylvania, first proposed the creation of a National Fire Academy in March of 1973. Scott was the co-sponsor of the 1968 “Fire and Safety Research Act.” Citing a hotel fire in Tyrone, Pennsylvania that killed 12 persons, Scott advocated for “broader and uniform training on a national scale.”
Valley Forge Military Academy was founded in 1928 by Lieutenant General Milton G. Baker, Pennsylvania Guard (Retired). [1] For the first five months of its existence, the school was located in Devon, Pennsylvania, on the south side of Berkley Road, between Dorset and Waterloo roads, which is several miles away from the campus's current location. [2]
Elizabeth Forward School District is composed of the Borough of Elizabeth, and the townships of Elizabeth and Forward. Located just south of the city of Pittsburgh, the district lies between the Youghiogheny River and Monongahela River valleys in the southernmost region of Allegheny County. [4]
York College of Pennsylvania traces its institutional lineage to the York County Academy, a school opened in the 1770s in downtown York, Pennsylvania that was connected to St. John's Episcopal Church, which was led by Rev. John Andrews, D.D. [5] In 1787, the school received its charter from the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and was incorporated as the York County Academy.
Pennhurst State School and Hospital, originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic was a state-run institution for mentally and physically disabled individuals of Southeastern Pennsylvania located in Spring City. [4] After 79 years of controversy, it closed on December 9, 1987. [5]
On April 18, 1870, the Pennsylvania state legislature incorporated the school as a college, Saint Vincent College. On January 28, 1963 a fire destroyed many of the buildings on campus including a student chapel and a bell tower. [4] Saint Vincent College became coeducational in 1983. [5]
The school was founded by Adreas Svensson in the early 20th century; the Spring Township School District only provided a formal education through the eighth grade. [3] Due to this, Spring Township students interested in completing a secondary school education were relegated to do so in Cumru Township or West Reading, at the expense of the Spring Township School District. [3]