Romney Academy

Romney Academy was an institution for higher education in , Virginia, United States. Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: former educational institution for higher learning in Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia)
  • Also known as: “Romney Academy site”
  • Inscription: “Romney Academy”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Literary Hall and Hampshire County Courthouse.

Museum
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in , a city in the U.S. state of . It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street.

Courthouse
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The is a Neoclassical edifice in the center of downtown , county seat of , West Virginia. The present building was constructed in 1922 to replace the previous 1833 Neoclassical courthouse that had been destroyed by fire in 1921.

Archaeological site
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The was an early 19th-century Federal-style commercial and residential building located on East Main Street in . It was completed around 1825 to serve as the Romney branch office of the Bank of the Valley of Virginia, and served as a location for every subsequent bank established in Romney, including the Bank of Romney and the First National Bank of Romney.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Romney and Valley.

Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area.

Hamlet
was a populated place and on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of . It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Road, now located within the present-day corporate boundaries of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in in the U.S. state of . is located west of along the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Valley Railroad. is situated 1½ miles west of Romney Academy.

Romney Academy

Latitude
39.3425° or 39° 20′ 33″ north
Longitude
-78.75579° or 78° 45′ 21″ west
Open location code
87F386RV+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5404911065
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q17026006
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Egyptian Arabic—“Romney Academy” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أكاديمية رومني”
  • Bengali: “রমনি একাডেমি”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكاديميه رومنى”
  • “Romney Academy”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Walter C. Davis Memorial Building and Old Hampshire County Sheriff’s Residence and Jail.

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