The Parker Academy (officially known as Clermont Academy) was a private school founded in 1839 in
Clermontville, Ohio
Clermontville is an unincorporated community in Clermont County
Clermont County, popularly called Clermont ( ), is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,601. Ordinanced in 1800 as part of the Virgi ...
near
New Richmond, Ohio
New Richmond, also known as New Richmond on the Ohio, is a village in Ohio and Pierce townships in Clermont County, Ohio, United States, founded in 1814, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,582 at the 2010 census.
Geography
New Richmon ...
. The founders of the academy were Baptist minister Daniel Parker and his wife Priscilla, who were staunch
abolitionists. It was one of the first
Ohio schools which welcomed both boys and girls, regardless of race. Several of the early students were runaway en
slaved people. The first teacher was James K. Parker, son of Rev. Parker.
In the early days, the students were taught in a one-room, schoolhouse. The campus later included a classroom building, a men's dorm and another dorm for women. The women's dorm still stands, now a private residence. These buildings stand adjacent to the founder's home. The Academy closed in 1892.
Northern Kentucky University
Northern Kentucky University is a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It is primarily an undergraduate institution with over 14,000 students; over 12,000 are undergraduate students and nearly 2,000 are graduate students. Northern K ...
faculty and students began the first excavation of the Parker Academy site in May 2015. This project has received support from the Ford Foundation. In 2017, the National Science Foundation awarded a $336,300 grant to the Northern Kentucky University's the project.
Notable alumni
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James H. Rothrock, justice of Iowa Supreme Court
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Henry Corbin, General in the Civil War
*Phoebe Ann Taylor Duncanson, wife of artist
Robert S. Duncanson
Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821 – December 21, 1872) was a 19th-century American landscape painting, landscapist of European and African ancestry. Inspired by famous American landscape artists like Thomas Cole, Duncanson created renowned landsca ...
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Defunct schools in Ohio
Education in Clermont County, Ohio