Somerset Academy Archaeological Site Explained

Somerset Academy
Nearest City:	Princess Anne, Maryland
Added:	September 11, 1986
Refnum:	86002356

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.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

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

External links

• , including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{MHT url|id=970}} Maryland Historical Trust]. 2008-06-08. Somerset Academy Archeological Site, Somerset County. Maryland Historical Trust.
2. (23 February 1769). Extract of a letter from a Gentleman, on his travels, to a friend in Williamsburg, The Virginia Gazette
3. Axelrad, Jacob. Philip Freneau: Champion of Democracy, pp. 48-49 (2013)