Jamestown Academy (New York)

The Jamestown Academy in Jamestown, New York was a school built in 1810. It was also called the "Old Academy". One of the founders was Abner Hazeltine.[2] It was located on the southeast corner of Fourth and Spring Streets. "The Academy was moved several times." It was torn down in 1910.[3]

Jamestown Academy - 1900 photograph [1]

Notable alumni included Chapin Hall (1816 – 1879),[4] Lorin Blodget (1823 - 1901),[5] Davis Hanson Waite (1825 – 1901),[6][7] George Stoneman, Jr. (1822 – 1894) [8] and Hugo Zacchini (1898 – 1975).[9]

References

1. Hatch, Vernelle A (1900). Illustrated History of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y.: Containing Sketches and Illustrations of the Village in the Early Days of its Existence, Together with Photographs and Biographies of the Present Time. Jamestown, NY: C.E. Burk. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
2. Cutter, William Richard (1912). Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
3. "City of Jamestown, New York - The Jamestown Academy". Retrieved 2014-04-20.
4. "HALL, Chapin - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
5. Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas, 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co.
6. Colorado Governor Davis Hanson Waite
7. Ancestors of Gov. Davis Hanson Waite
8. "California Military History: Californians and the Military", MilitaryMuseum.org, California State Military Museum, California Military Department, retrieved 2014-04-19
9. McQuiston, John T. (October 21, 1975). "Hugo Zacchini, 77, Dies; First Human Cannonball". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-04. Hugo Zacchini, a circus performer who originated the human cannonball act in which he was catapulted from a cannon 200 feet into a net, died yesterday of a stroke in San Bernardino, Calif. He was 77 years old.