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The Academy of Richmond County, chartered in 1783, raised this schoolhouse in 1802 to Richard Clarke's Federal design, recast in Tudor-Gothic style by 1856. It served as a Confederate hospital after Chickamauga and schooled boys until 1926.
Old Richmond Academy Building is a historical marker in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4703, -81.9621 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Academy of Richmond County (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Congregation Children of Israel, The Congregation Children of Israel Synagogue, and The Riot of May 11-12, 1970.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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