Utica Free Academy

Utica Free Academy building viewed from Kemble Street, photo from circa 1910

Historic plaque

Utica Academy, Bleecker Street, 2021

Utica Free Academy, whose predecessor, Utica Academy, opened in 1814,^[1] was a high school in Utica, New York, which operated from 1840 until 1990, when it was consolidated with Thomas R. Proctor High School. The combined entity operated briefly at UFA's original facility under the name Utica Senior Academy, but by 1993 had been reverted to the Proctor name and heritage.

The last UFA building is now a nursing home.^[2]

Notable alumni

Dean Alfange (1897-1989), politician
Richard H. Balch (1901-1984), businessperson and politician
Tim Capstraw (b. 1960), basketball coach and broadcaster
John D. Caton (1812-1895), chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
Mark Danner (b. 1958), writer, journalist, and educator
Cyrus D. Prescott (1836-1902), politician and lawyer
John Ballard Rendall (1847–1924), minister, Lincoln University president, and Pennsylvania state representative
Mary Traffarn Whitney (1852–1942), minister, editor, social reformer, philanthropist, lecturer

References

^ "Utica Free Academy Christmas Ornament". November 3, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "Utica Free Academy". Oneida County Historical Society. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Utica Free Academy Christmas Ornament". November 3, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[2] "Utica Free Academy". Oneida County Historical Society. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

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