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Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] NYDELAWA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 99
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:34:48 EDT


Joyce & Others-- interested in information regarding Delaware Academy and
Central School at Delhi-there is an excellent writeup tracing the history &
development of this institution at: www.delhischools.org/district/history.htm. It
clearly sets forth the background-all the way to 1819!!
I believe that the photo posted by Malclm MCNaughton is, as noted, the
building that served as school until 1941. The "new" school opened that fall
on a hill across the valley from the "old" school & is the core building
today.
I have a photo of an older [pre 1900] Delaware Academy high school
that stood quite near the '1920' building. This older building was a large white
structure complete with 5 wooden pillars-this building was located to the left
of the '1920s' building & was used by both village based students [townies]
and kids that lived out in the country [farmers]. My mom was a farm kid [Scotch
Mountain] that drove her horse to school on Monday morning, stabled it in a
livery stable for the week, then drove back to the farm on Friday night. During
the week, she lived in a boarding house where teachers, principal & his
family also lived. The boarding house area was located between the area occupied by
the '1920' school building and Steele Brooke. Boys were located on lower
floors; girls on the higher floors. [Rumours suggest that the external stairs
intended to be used as a fire escape- if quietly negotiated-could be a very
interesting and informative place!!]
After WW2, Delhi Tech [aka as 'the Ag school'] purchased/obtained all
of the Delaware Academy buildings . The former boarding house facilities were
converted into apartments for faculty; the 1920s era building was torn down &
the 'pre-1900' school building was used for classes, then for storage. All of
these reminders of an eralier era were removed by SUNY as part of their
expansion -probably in the 1965-75 era. Today the entire hill is covered by
facilities for SUNY@ Delhi-a remarkable transition in a period of =/- 100 years.
Delaware Academy has also greatly expanded on the hill where the
school was located in 1939. Graduates of "DA" are very proud of the school where
we grew into men & women; in fact, some old grads continue to socialize & be
friends-even 50 years later!!










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