Ross County OhArchives Photo Place.....Salem Academy In South Salem, Ohio. April 2, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ralph W. Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com June 26, 2010, 3:12 am Source: Photos Taken By Ralph Cokonougher. Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/photos/salemaca5266nph.jpg Image file size: 245.7 Kb This photo is a composite of four separate photos, a frontal view and a rear view of the Salem Academy, and a frontal view and a rear view of the bronze historical monument installed at the academy in 2001. The Salem Academy opened in 1842 and closed as an academy in 1907. It was used thereafter for many years by the Buckskin Valley Schools at varied times as a library, cafeteria, dining area, manual training facility,and adult classrooms. It is used today as a museum and meeting place by the South Salem community. The Salem Academy is located at latitude 39.336127 and longitude - 83.310496 in the village of South Salem in Buckskin Township in Ross County, Ohio. A bronze Ohio Historical Marker was installed at the Salem Academy site on 28 May 2001 by the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, the Village of South Salem, The Save Committee, and The Ohio Historical Society. The marker reads: "Ohio Historical Marker. Presbyterian minister Hugh Stewart Fullerton asked his congregation in 1841: 'Shall we endeavor to form an Academy to provide better educational advantages to the young citizens of this remote community?' Predating the founding of the town of South Salem, the Salem Academy was built and opened in 1842, its stone coming from a quarry south of Greenfield. Its primary purpose was to prepare ministers and teachers for the West. Professor J. A. Lowes served as principal during the 'golden age' of the academy from 1848 to 1858. The Chillicothe Presbytery controlled the Salem Academy from 1859 to 1907. During this period it functioned as a junior college, with its students going on to other institutions after a two-year term. Attendance dropped significantly during the Civil War while many students served in the Union Army. By the time the academy closed in 1907, more than 1,500 students -- including three U.S. congressmen and Governor Joseph B. Foraker -- had received instruction here. Serving as a community building, it was added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1979." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/ross/photos/salemaca5266nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb