Poland Seminary, originally Poland Academy, was a name used for a series of schools operated in
Poland, Ohio
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.
First academy
The original Poland Academy was created in 1830 by a
Presbyterian
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minister named Bradley (first name unknown), in a room over a
general store
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, teaching
English,
classical languages
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,
philosophy
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and
literature
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. After five years of operation, it was taken over by a man named Lynch who moved it to a site on what would be named College Street. This Academy closed in 1845 due to a lack of funding.
Second academy
In 1849, Barnabus F. Lee opened his