Parker Academy (Ohio)
The Parker Academy (officially known as Clermont Academy) was a private school founded in 1839 in Clermontville near New Richmond, Ohio. The founders of the academy were Baptist minister Daniel Parker and his wife Priscilla, who were staunch abolitionists. It was one of the first Ohio schools which welcomed both boys and girls, regardless of race.[1] Several of the early students were runaway enslaved people. Parker Academy closed in 1889.
The campus included a classroom building, a men's dorm and another dorm for women. The women's dorm still stands, now a private residence.
Northern Kentucky University faculty and students began the first excavation of the Parker Academy site in May 2015. This project has received support from the Ford Foundation.[2] In 2017, the National Science Foundation awarded a $336,300 grant to the Northern Kentucky University's the project.
Notable alumni
- James H. Rothrock, justice of Iowa Supreme Court[3]
References
- ^ "NSF awards a $336,300 grant to NKU's Parker Academy project for student research". NKY Tribune. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "NKU's work at Parker Academy excavation site draws attention to collaborations, critical social issues". NKY Tribune. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ Lloyd, Frederick (1902). The Iowa Historical Record. p. 50.