Somerset Academy Archaeological Site

Somerset Academy Archaeological Site is an archeological site located at Princess Anne, Somerset County, Maryland. Somerset Academy was a large and important private school that operated between the years 1767 and 1797. It is the only archeologically identified late-colonial school site known for the state of Maryland.[2][3]

Somerset Academy
Nearest cityPrincess Anne, Maryland
NRHP reference No.86002356 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1986

Hugh Henry Brackenridge, later founder of the University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Gazette, was one of the headmasters of the school. Philip Freneau also taught there.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". Somerset Academy Archeological Site, Somerset County. Maryland Historical Trust. June 8, 2008.
  3. ^ (23 February 1769). Extract of a letter from a Gentleman, on his travels, to a friend in Williamsburg, The Virginia Gazette
  4. ^ Axelrad, Jacob. Philip Freneau: Champion of Democracy, pp. 48-49 (2013)
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