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Constructed: 1849
Cost: $7,000
Location: northwest corner of Durkee and Lawrence Streets, later occupied by the
Peabody Conservatory and currently occupied by the Appleton YMCA
Destroyed: by fire in 1857
During the fall of 1848, preliminary work was done, lumber purchased at Oneida, and during the summer of 1849 the building took shape, a modest structure measuring 30 by 70 feet with a lower story of stone and two stories and an attic of wood. Exclusive of the land, it cost about $7,000.
"The first classes of Lawrence College were held on November 12, 1849 in a small three-story combination stone and frame building which stood just northeast of this spot. Designed to serve as a dormitory, recitation hall, and chapel, the building erected in the summer of 1849 was destroyed by fire January 6, 1857." (Plaque unveiled at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, built on the previous site of the Academy building. It was fixed to a stone monument on the lawn and later fastened inside the YMCA. Current whereabouts of the plaque are unknown.)