Angelica Academy

The Angelica Academy was incorporated by the New York State Legislature May 12, 1836, but was never organized at that time. It was to be located in the village of Angelica as a seminary of learning for both sexes. There were to be seventeen trustees. As a corporation, they were empowered to purchase and hold real estate to the annual income of $4,000. 

An institution of the same name was opened in 1856 in the Presbyterian Church. For a time, both the church and school used the same building. Its first principal was a former pastor of the church. Not long after the opening of the school a new church was built and the former church was enlarged by an addition used for school purposes only. The present Grange Hall Building on the Park Circle was built at that time, while the former church, later a school, was located on East Main Street. The building sat near where the present-day garage is behind the house. 

The Academy was not incorporated by the Regents until October 31, 1859. The Academy building burned in November 1870.