The school was founded in 1802 by eight prominent men from East Greenwich and Warwick, who served as stockholders of the school. The campus was built on five acres of farmland belonging to Ethan Clark, which overlooked Narragansett Bay. In 1841 the Providence Conference Seminary of the Methodist Episcopal Church took over the school and by the mid-nineteenth century nearly three fourths of all Rhode Island teachers were alumni of the academy. After dwindling enrollment during the Great Depression and World War II, the academy closed in 1943. The town of East Greenwich purchased the buildings and used them as a school for several years until many of them were demolished in the 1960s. Around the same time, St. Luke's Episcopal Church purchased and demolished two of the other buildings. The headmaster's house with its ornate cupola still survives at 112 Peirce Street.[1][2][3] The school's gymnasium, Swift Gymnasium, also survives and is used for local events and is the site of the "Academy Players," a theater group named after the old academy.[4]
Isaac T. Goodnow, former professor of Natural Sciences at the Providence Conference Seminary (aka, East Greenwich Academy) 1848-1854, co-founded the town of Manhattan, Kansas and the school that became known as Kansas State University.
^Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1897). American Women: Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1,400 Portraits : a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Lives and Achievements of American Women During the Nineteenth Century. Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick. pp. 178–.
^"GREENE, Albert Collins, (1792 - 1863)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
east, greenwich, academy, originally, known, kent, academy, private, methodist, boarding, school, east, greenwich, rhode, island, that, existence, from, 1802, until, 1943, 1890, 1877, contents, history, prominent, alumni, faculty, references, external, linkshi. The East Greenwich Academy originally known as Kent Academy was a private Methodist boarding school in East Greenwich Rhode Island USA that was in existence from 1802 until 1943 East Greenwich Academy c 1890East Greenwich Academy c 1877 Contents 1 History 2 Prominent alumni and faculty 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe school was founded in 1802 by eight prominent men from East Greenwich and Warwick who served as stockholders of the school The campus was built on five acres of farmland belonging to Ethan Clark which overlooked Narragansett Bay In 1841 the Providence Conference Seminary of the Methodist Episcopal Church took over the school and by the mid nineteenth century nearly three fourths of all Rhode Island teachers were alumni of the academy After dwindling enrollment during the Great Depression and World War II the academy closed in 1943 The town of East Greenwich purchased the buildings and used them as a school for several years until many of them were demolished in the 1960s Around the same time St Luke s Episcopal Church purchased and demolished two of the other buildings The headmaster s house with its ornate cupola still survives at 112 Peirce Street 1 2 3 The school s gymnasium Swift Gymnasium also survives and is used for local events and is the site of the Academy Players a theater group named after the old academy 4 Prominent alumni and faculty EditNelson W Aldrich Republican U S Senator 1881 1911 5 William Daniel Brayton Republican U S Representative 1847 1861 6 Marietta Stanley Case 1845 1900 poet and temperance advocate 7 Mary H Gray Clarke born 1835 correspondent 8 Isaac T Goodnow former professor of Natural Sciences at the Providence Conference Seminary aka East Greenwich Academy 1848 1854 co founded the town of Manhattan Kansas and the school that became known as Kansas State University Albert C Greene U S Senator from RI 1845 1851 9 George Washington Greene professor at Brown University historian 10 Charles Phelps first Connecticut attorney general 1899 1903 Harry A Richardson U S Senator from Delaware 1907 1913 11 Raymond S Thatcher 1903 1988 Connecticut State Comptroller 12 References Edit Academy s golden days long history near end by C Eugene Emery Jr Providence Journal 4 26 1999 http www projo com specials century month4 426wb1 htm Catalogue of the East Greenwich Academy Founded 1802 East Greenwich R I For Five Terms Ending June 22 1893 http www rootsweb ancestry com scwhite EastGreenwich index html History of the town of East Greenwich and adjacent territory from 1677 to 1877 J A amp R A Reid 1877 pg 202 207 Swift Gymnasium East Greenwich RI Archived from the original on 2006 03 26 Retrieved 2011 01 24 ALDRICH Nelson Wilmarth 1841 1915 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved March 26 2014 BRAYTON William Daniel 1815 1887 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved March 26 2014 Willard Frances Elizabeth Livermore Mary Ashton Rice 1893 Marietta Stanley Case A Woman of the Century Fourteen Hundred seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life Public domain ed Charles Wells Moulton p 160 Willard Frances Elizabeth Livermore Mary Ashton Rice 1897 American Women Fifteen Hundred Biographies with Over 1 400 Portraits a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Lives and Achievements of American Women During the Nineteenth Century Mast Crowell amp Kirkpatrick pp 178 GREENE Albert Collins 1792 1863 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved March 26 2014 Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Greene George Washington Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 12 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 538 RICHARDSON Harry Alden 1853 1928 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved March 26 2014 Register and Manual State of Connecticut Hartford Secretary of the State of Connecticut 1950 p 74 External links EditHistorical information Providence Journal History of the School History of the town of East Greenwich and adjacent territory from 1677 to 1877 J A amp R A Reid 1877 pg 202 207 Academy Players website Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Greenwich Academy 41 39 38 N 71 27 03 W 41 6606 N 71 4509 W 41 6606 71 4509 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title East Greenwich Academy amp oldid 1145047958, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
