1616 Maysville Academy

Category: Markers

Marker reads, Ulysses S. Grant entered this academy in fall of 1836, at the age of 14. Grants home was in Georgetown, Ohio; he stayed with his uncle nearby while attending school. One of the most famous institutions in Ohio Valley, it was taught by two eminent scholars, Jacob W. Rand and W. W. Richeson. This building erected circa 1829 by Thomas G. Richardson, contractor.