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Utica Free Academy
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Utica Free Academy building viewed from Kemble Street, photo from circa 1910
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Historic plaque
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Utica Academy, Bleecker Street, 2021

Utica Free Academy, whose predecessor, Utica Academy, opened in 1814, [1] was a high school in Utica, New York, which operated from 1840 until 1990, when it was consolidated with Thomas R. Proctor High School. The combined entity operated briefly at UFA's original facility under the name Utica Senior Academy, but by 1993 had been reverted to the Proctor name and heritage.

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The last UFA building is now a nursing home. [2]

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References

  1. "Utica Free Academy Christmas Ornament". November 3, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. "Utica Free Academy". Oneida County Historical Society. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.