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In 1820 Lucas Sullivant and twenty others organized a school company and built a school near Third and State Streets, the Columbus Academy. It had modest success, but most children still did not attend school.
Jun 28, 2024 · 1820- Lucas Sullivant and an organized group build the Columbus Academy near 3rd and State streets. 1825- A common school is opened on Front Street. 1826-1849. 1826- The city’s first school district map is drawn. It remains unchanged through 1845. There are 5 common schools and one seminary.
From a tiny frontier settlement on the west side of the Scioto River in 1812 to a bustling, growing city in just a short 60 years, Columbus was, by 1872, emerging as an important industrial center, and a crossroads to a growing nation.
Second school for Franklinton, housed in the county courthouse after the court moved to Columbus in 1824; annexed into Columbus in 1872. Replaced by the 1878 Franklinton School.: 15 1820 Columbus Academy 100 S. Third Street Demolished
Apr 13, 2024 · 1819/1820: According to Keeler’s 1848 history of Columbus, Spirus Roach “occupied and kept entertainment” in the house built by Thomas Thomas.
The academy was founded in 1911 by J. L. Hamill near Bexley, Ohio, and moved to its current campus in 1968. Originally an all-boys school, it became coeducational in 1991 when the board of trustees decided to admit girls.
1819/1820: According to Keeler’s 1848 history of Columbus, Spirus Roach “occupied and kept entertainment” in the house built by Thomas Thomas.
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