Lenox Academy

Lenox Academy
Location Lenox, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°21′32″N 73°17′5″W / 42.35889°N 73.28472°W / 42.35889; -73.28472Coordinates: 42°21′32″N 73°17′5″W / 42.35889°N 73.28472°W / 42.35889; -73.28472
Built 1802
Architect Lewis, Eldad
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference #

82001895

[1]
Added to NRHP September 30, 1982

Lenox Academy is a historic school at 65 Main Street in Lenox, Massachusetts. The Federal style building was constructed in 1803 and the school incorporated the same year.[2] The structure served as a private academy until 1866. It served as the town's public high school from 1869 to 1879, at which time it was closed for repairs and renovations. In 1888 it again began to serve as the high school, a role it fulfilled until 1908. A private school, the Trinity School, used the property from 1911 until the 1920s, when that school failed.[3]

The building then sat vacant and deteriorated, until the defunct academy, under threat of demolition, was turned over to the town for preservation. It now serves as an office building for local civic groups.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ George Adams (1853). "Education in Massachusetts: Incorporated Academies". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Printed by Damrell and Moore.
  3. 1 2 "MACRIS inventory record for Lenox Academy". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-04.


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