Harrisburg Academy is an independent , coeducational , college preparatory day school in Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania , United States. The school has a diverse student body in nursery through 12th grade. The school was established in 1784 by John Harris Jr. , the founder of Harrisburg.
8-623: Harrisburg Academy was originally located at the John Harris Mansion and later in the eponymous Academy Manor section of the Riverside neighborhood along North Front Street, but is now located on a 24-acre (9.6 ha) campus about one mile (1.6 km) west of the Susquehanna River in Wormleysburg, a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . In 1992-93, the school was nationally recognized as
16-427: A Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education for its academic excellence. It is now known as an IB school The school has a combined enrollment of 420 students, has 53 full-time faculty, and has an annual budget (in 2005) of $ 6.5M. Harrisburg Academy offers a variety of athletic programs. Athletic teams compete actively against other independent , parochial and smaller public schools. In 2008,
24-633: A two-year commitment between the academy and Trinity High School allows students to play for each other's designated athletic teams. The Academy offers athletic programs for cross-country , soccer , tennis , basketball , and swimming . Simon Cameron House The Simon Cameron House , also known as John Harris Mansion and the Harris–Cameron Mansion , is a historic house museum at 219 South Front Street in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . Built in 1766 and frequently extended and altered, it
32-420: Is four bays wide, with the main entrance in the center-left bay, topped by a tall transom window. Three gabled dormers pierce the front roof face. A long two-story ell extends the main block to the rear, giving the house an overall off-center T shape. The house was built about 1766 by John Harris Jr. , son of one of the first settlers of the region, and for whose father Harrisburg is named. The house remained in
40-555: Is located in the Harrisburg Historic District . The Simon Cameron House stands south of the central business district of Harrisburg, overlooking the Susquehanna River from the north side of South Front Street between Washington and Mary Streets. Its main block is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story stone structure, with a side gable roof. It is built out of mortared limestone, and is fronted by a single-story porch with fluted columns and arched Victorian valances. The main facade
48-577: Is one of Harrisburg's oldest buildings, and is nationally notable as the summer residence of Simon Cameron (1799–1889), an influential Republican Party politician during and after the American Civil War . The house and family items were donated to the Historical Society of Dauphin County in 1941, which now operates it as a museum. The mansion was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975, and
56-563: The Harris family until 1835. In 1853 it was adapted for use as the Pennsylvania Female College, which was forced into bankruptcy in 1861, due to turmoil caused by the American Civil War . It was then purchased by Simon Cameron , who had been on the college's board of directors. Cameron had recently resigned as United States Secretary of War , over a scandal involving fraudulent supply contracts. Cameron had entered politics in 1829, and
64-540: The taint of corruption had followed him through many of his offices. He won election to the United States Senate in 1867, which helped consolidate his control over federal patronage money in Pennsylvania. In this role he was successful in purging reform-oriented Radical Republican elements from the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant , and became an influential member of Grant's "kitchen cabinet." Cameron
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