HILLSBOBOUGH ACADEMY BUILDING, 1821
CONTRACTORS WANTED.
The Committee appointed for the purpose are desirous to contract with a proper person or persons for the building of an Academy in the town of Hillsborough. The house .will be of brick, and large enough to contain about 150 students. Proposals will be received until the first Monday in December next. * * *
Oct. 31, 1821. Jas. A. Woods, Sec'y.
—Raleigh Register, November 16, 1821.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
