Rappahannock Academy in Caroline County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Rappahannock Academy
Photographed By J. J. Prats, September 19, 2009
1. Rappahannock Academy Marker
Inscription.
Rappahannock Academy. . On this site stood colonial Mount Church, built about 1750. In 1808 the parish glebe was sold and the proceeds were used to establish a school; the church building was turned into Rappahannock Academy, one of the most noted schools in Virginia.
On this site stood colonial Mount Church, built about 1750. In 1808 the parish glebe was sold and the proceeds were used to establish a school; the church building was turned into Rappahannock Academy, one of the most noted schools in Virginia.
Erected 1928 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number N-15.)
Location. 38° 10.617′ N, 77° 16.4′ W. Marker is in Rappahannock Academy, Virginia, in Caroline County. Marker is on U.S. 17, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Rappahannock Academy VA 22538, United States of America. Touch for directions.
1813. The Rappahannock Acacemy: Caroline County. Entry in the 1917 book The Beginnings of Public Education in Virginia,1776–1860 by A. J. Morrison. “This academy was in existence in 1813. In 1834, Martin [of Martin’s Gazetteer of Virginia] says of it: ‘A flourishing and useful school a few years since, but we believe there has been no teacher there for some time past. We now, however, see an advertisement which states that the school will he opened on the 15th of January, 1835, with teachers fully competent to teach all the branches of education usually taught in our schools.’ The arms lately used by the Port Royal Guards in the county of Caroline, were authorized to be transferred to the trustees or principal of the Rappahannock Academy in 1848. About this time the principal was William Mahone, Virginia Military Institute, 1847, later a general in the Confederate Army. In 1873, the trustees were authorized to sell the academy, and 264¾ acres of land appurtenant, the proceeds to be turned over to the county school board of Caroline county, to be by them applied to the use and benefit of the public free schools of the county.” (Submitted on September 20, 2009.)
Photographed By J. J. Prats, September 19, 2009
2. Rappahannock Academy Marker
Photographed By J. J. Prats, September 19, 2009
3. Site of Rappahannock Academy
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,376 times since then and 72 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on September 20, 2009, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
