Subject: Historic preservation / Place: Bala-Cynwyd (Pa.) and Montgomery County (Pa.) / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1858">1858</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Historic preservation Place Bala-Cynwyd (Pa.) Place Montgomery County (Pa.) Year 1858

Extent:: 3.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The Lower Merion Academy in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, was created at the bequest of Quaker Jacob Jones in 1812. The Academy was one of the first public schools in the United States and was one of the first in Lower Merion township to provide a free education. The Lower Merion Historical Society collection on the Lower Merion Academy, 1814-2010, includes administrative records for the building and of the Academy, and a small amount of financial records.

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