A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I — Passage 153 (part 5)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] To meet the increasing wants of the popu-lation, the present structure was raised in 1820, at a cost of 318,000. The academy was incorporated on the 24ih of March, 1820, and subsequently received a charter from the Regents of the university. COUNTY OF WESTCirESTER. 493 The edifice is a spacious building of Sing Sing marble, sixty feet square, three stories high, standing on a lot of four acres, delightfully shaded with fruit trees, on one of the most retired streets of the village, commanding too, an extensive prospect of the river and adjacent country. In its internal arrangement, there is every desirable convenience for the principal's family and instructors, and the several departments of the school. This academy is under the direction of the *' regents." Boys are boarded and educated for.$150 per annum. "^ Besides an extensive library, the academy possesses a valuable philosophical and chemical apparatus. The first principal was Mr. N. S. Prime, who commenced his duties in 1814. The