Muskingum Academy   Save
Marietta, Ohio
Description: Photograph of the exterior of a building that is reported to have housed the Muskingum Academy. One of the first schools in the Northwest Territory, it was organized by General Rufus Putnam and opened in 1800. By 1816 the school was closed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00220
Subjects: Washington County (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)