(Fairfield Academy Monument), (sculpture).

(Fairfield Academy Monument), (sculpture).

Geo. O. Shilling, Bronze & Sign Works, founder.

J. J. Nelbach & Sons, fabricator.

(Fairfield Academy Monument), (sculpture).

Dedicated Aug. 27, 1923.

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Relief plaque: bronze; Base: granite.

Relief plaque: approx. 5 1/2 x 18 x 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 19 x 62 x 32 in.

(On upper front of monument, incised numbers:) 1802 (Bronze relief of Fairfield Academy) 1902 (On granite base, right side:) J.J. NELBACH & SONS/UTICA, N.Y. (On plaque on front of monument, raised letters:) ON THIS CAMPUS FAIRFIELD ACADEMY WAS FOUNDED IN 1802,/THE FUNDS BEING RAISED BY A COMMITTEE HEADED BY/CAPTAIN MOSES MATHER. IN 1803 WAS INCORPORATED BY THE/REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND/IN 1812 THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS WAS ESTABLISHED,/CONTINUING UNTIL 1839 AND GRADUATED 555 PHYSICIANS./THE ACADEMY WAS CONTINUED AND REORGANIZED AS FAIRFIELD/SEMINARY IN 1839 FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN./CONDUCTED AS A MILITARY ACADEMY FROM 1891 TO 1902./ERECTED AUGUST 1923 BY FAIRFIELD STUDENTS./MEMORIAL COMMITTEE/(List of committee member in two columns) unsigned Founder's mark appears.

A relief of Fairfield Academy and its campus affixed to the front of an upright monument and placed atop a rectangular base which rests on a stone slab.

History -- United States -- New York

Architecture -- Education -- Fairfield Academy

Architecture -- Education -- College

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Fairfield

Administered by Fairfield Cemetery Association, P. O. Box 1, Fairfield, New York 13336

Located Fairfield Town Park, Hard Scrabble Road, Fairfield, New York

Fairfield Academy was organized in 1802 and was chartered in 1803. A separate medical department became the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of New York and was chartered in 1812. It was the second medical college in New York and the sixth in the country. It held its last classes in 1840. The academy continued in 1839 as Fairfield Seminary and trained both men and women. From 1891 to 1902 it served as a military academy. Due to new transportation routes and better local schools, the academy closed its doors in 1902. IAS files contain the names of the committee members which appear on the monument. IAS files contain transcription of the inscription that appears on a cast aluminum sign placed next to the monument in 1965. The plaque describes the history of the Academy and list some distinguished alumni. IAS files contain a related article from the Utica Daily Press, Aug. 27, 1923.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

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