Pierce Academy

Pierce Academy (sometimes spelled Peirce) (1808–1880) was a college preparatory school in Middleborough, Massachusetts.[1] The school was founded in 1808, fell into decline in 1872 when Middleborough High School opened, had only 12 students in 1876, and closed in 1880.[1] The building was later used for the YMCA and G.A.R.[2]

Not to be confused with Peirce School.

A deal was proposed for the school to provide high school education for up to 50 Middleborough students.[3] From 1842 to 1871, John Whipple Potter Jenks was principal.[4][5][6]

Alumni

References
  1. "Peirce Academy in Decline, 1876". Recollecting Nemasket. October 9, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2021. March 31, 1876 letter to Plymouth Old Colony Memorial
  2. "Pierce Academy used for Y.M.C.A. & G.A.R., Middleboro, Mass". Massachusetts Collections Online. 1900. Retrieved July 24, 2021. postcard in Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
  3. "The Massachusetts Teacher". Mass. Teachers' Association. June 21, 1863 – via Google Books.
  4. Lubar, Steven (August 7, 2017). "Inside the Lost Museum: Curating, Past and Present". Harvard University Press – via Google Books.
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  6. "The Massachusetts Teacher". June 21, 1854 – via Google Books.
  7. Bacon, Edwin M. (1916). The Book of Boston: Fifty Years' Recollections of the New England Metropolis. Book of Boston Company. ISBN 9780788428951 – via Google Books.
  8. McHenry, Elizabeth (October 22, 2021). To Make Negro Literature: Writing, Literary Practice, and African American Authorship. Duke University Press. ISBN 9781478021810 – via Google Books.
  9. Smith, Harry Worcester (June 21, 1919). "The Pulse of the People" – via Google Books.


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