The Greersburg Academy was an educational institution that was established in 1802 in Darlington, Pennsylvania, United States by the Reverend Thomas Hughes.

History and architectural features

The academy was created as a "prep" school for college. Classes included languages, philosophy, and astronomy. Notable alumni of the school included abolitionist John Brown, Walter Forward, John White Geary, Daniel Leasure, William Holmes McGuffey.

Greersburg Academy

The stone structure was built sometime around 1806, making it one of the oldest buildings still standing in Beaver County.

Greersburg Academy

Though it was originally built as a school, the structure functioned as a railway station for a time, serving several railroads between 1883 and 1972.

Greersburg Academy

The structure is one of the oldest structures to have ever been used as a station.

The Little Beaver Historical Society currently maintains the structure.

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External links

Greersburg Academy - Little Beaver Historical Society

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania

Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania

School buildings completed in 1806

Railway stations in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Railway stations in the United States opened in 1883

Railway stations closed in 1972

History museums in Pennsylvania

Museums in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania

National Register of Historic Places in Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1970s