Brookeville in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Brookeville Academy

War of 1812 Bicentennial

— Brookeville, Maryland —

Brookeville Academy Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2018

1. Brookeville Academy Marker

Inscription.
The Brookeville Academy was founded in 1810 by the town's leading citizens and built largely with donated materials. The building began as a one-story structure that was raised to two stories in 1834. The Academy provided a well-rounded education to about forty boys per year. The curriculum included reading, writing, and arithmetic, bookkeeping, geography, navigation, civil engineering and agriculture. The Academy also contained a library of 500 to 600 volumes on science, history, biography, voyages, travels and "belle-lettres."

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • War of 1812. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.

Location. 39° 10.818′ N, 77° 3.511′ W. Marker is in Brookeville, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It is on High Street (Old Maryland Route 97) south of Market Street, on the right when traveling north. In 2023, MD 97 was shifted to a bypass to west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5 High Street, Brookeville MD 20833, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

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It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A Refuge (here, next to this marker); Newlin’s Mill Millstone (a few steps from this marker); Brookeville (within shouting distance of this marker); August 26, 1814 (within shouting distance of this marker); Brookeville Angel (within shouting distance of this marker); Margaret Brooke House (within shouting distance of this marker); Murphy House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Gassaway House (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brookeville.

Also see . . . History of the Brookeville Academy. (Submitted on February 25, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 25, 2018

2. Brookeville Academy Marker

Brookeville Academy image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, July 6, 2018

3. Brookeville Academy

Credits. This page was last revised on February 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on February 25, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 688 times since then and 86 times this year. Last updated on February 19, 2026, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 25, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on November 29, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.