Troy Academy | |
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Highway 2, Davis County, IA , | |
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Motto | "Do Right Because it is Right" |
Established | 1853 |
Troy Academy was a school of higher education in Davis County, Iowa. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was founded in 1853 as a "seminary of learning" and operated through the Des Moines Presbytery and then independently. [1] [2] It was the first "normal school" teaching teachers in the newly created state of Iowa. [3] In addition to training teachers, it also taught students hoping to become lawyers, doctors and eventually taught courses in business and accounting. [4] Eventually, the Troy Academy became the high school of the Troy Independent School District in 1904. The school was for most of its history coeducational. [5] The Troy Academy is undergoing renovations and is accessible to the public a few times per year and upon request. [6]