When it burned, a single-story building replaced it, only to be destroyed some years later by storm.
A two-story building was erected to house the school activities at the site of what is now the sunken garden at Gayley. Within a few years, church and Academy were moved to their present location. The log building on the present campus was built as a replica of the original school building from descriptions in old records and students’ memoirs. It was a crude log structure at the rear of his own home, located near the present site of the Rising Sun Middle School. But the task of the church also was to teach men and women to think by exposing them to the great thoughts of the ages in order to produce rational beings capable of creative action in a new and swiftly changing world.įinley opened the school in 1744. The task of the church, for Finley, was to administer the sacraments and comfort the sick, to baptize the infants and consecrate marriage, to bury the dead and preach the Word of God.
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Finley held that to be an intelligent Christian one needed to use the mind God provided, and that one's mind could reach full effectiveness only through training. The congregation lived on the broad, rolling land known as the Nottingham Lots.įinley, in later years became president of the College of New Jersey ( Princeton University), was a teacher as well as a preacher.
In 1744, an Irish Presbyterian preacher Samuel Finley was called to take charge of the newly formed congregation on the lower branch of the Octoraro Creek, a short distance south of what was soon to become the Mason-Dixon line. West Nottingham's early graduates include many of the most prominent colonial Americans. The 124-acre (0.50 km 2), tree-lined campus is located in Colora, Cecil County, Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay – an hour and a half south of Philadelphia and twenty minutes north of Baltimore. It was founded in 1744 by the Presbyterian preacher Samuel Finley, who later became President of The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). West Nottingham Academy is an independent co-ed school serves both boarding and day students in grades 9-12. Overnight and extended day camper options are offered at West Nottingham Academy.Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools, National Association of Independent Schools, Maryland Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education Don’t miss out on the opportunity to elevate your game this summer at WNA!. All campers will work on their individual technical skills and positional training, learn team concepts and scrimmage daily. WNA boasts tremendous facilities and several fields. Revolution heads to West Nottingham Academy for this soccer camp.
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