Thetford Center in Orange County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)
Thetford Academy
Photographed By Dennis Gilkenson, June 28, 2019
1. Thetford Academy Marker
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.
Erected 2019 by Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1819.
Location. 43° 49.029′ N, 72° 13.763′ W. Marker is in Thetford, Vermont, in Orange County. It is in Thetford Center. Touch for map.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Camp Farnsworth (approx. ¾ mile away); Lyme Founded 1761 (approx. 3.6 miles away in New Hampshire); Lyme Veterans Monument (approx. 3.6 miles away in New Hampshire); Lyme 250th (approx. 3.7 miles away in New Hampshire); Lyme Civil War Monument (approx. 3.7 miles away in New Hampshire); Elizabeth Mine (approx. 5.2 miles away); Furnace Flat (approx. 5.3 miles away); Samuel Morey (approx. 7½ miles away).
Photographed By Dennis Gilkenson, June 28, 2019
2. Thetford Academy Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2019, by Dennis Gilkenson of Saxtons River, Vermont. This page has been viewed 175 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2019, by Dennis Gilkenson of Saxtons River, Vermont. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
