Utica Free Academy

{{Short description|High school in Utica, New York}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Multiple image | header = Utica Free Academy | align = right | direction = | total_width = 300 | perrow = 1/2 | image1= Free Academy Utica NY det.4a19573.jpg | caption1 = Utica Free Academy building viewed from Kemble Street, photo from circa 1910 | image2= Utica_Academy_plaque,_New_York.jpg | caption2 = Historic plaque | image3 = Utica_Academy,_New_York.jpg | caption3 = Utica Academy, Bleecker Street, 2021 }} '''Utica Free Academy''', whose predecessor, '''Utica Academy''', opened in 1814,<ref>{{cite web |date=November 3, 2008 |title=Utica Free Academy Christmas Ornament |url=https://ufa1967.blogspot.com/2008/11/utica-free-academy-christmas-ornament.html |access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> was a high school in Utica, New York, which operated from 1840 until 1990, when it was consolidated with Thomas R. Proctor High School. The combined entity operated briefly at UFA's original facility under the name '''Utica Senior Academy''', but by 1993 had been reverted to the Proctor name and heritage.

The last UFA building is now a nursing home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/Landmarks/LandmarkFeaturedArticle.asp|title=Utica Free Academy|work=Oneida County Historical Society|access-date=1 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407072715/http://www.oneidacountyhistory.org/Landmarks/LandmarkFeaturedArticle.asp|archive-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable alumni== *Dean Alfange (1897–1989), politician *Richard H. Balch (1901–1984), businessperson and politician *Tim Capstraw (b. 1960), basketball coach and broadcaster * John D. Caton (1812–1895), chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court *Mark Danner (b. 1958), writer, journalist, and educator *George Detore (1906–1991), professional baseball player<ref>{{cite news |title=George Detore To Pilot Grays |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/syracuse-herald-journal-george-detore-to/162522984/ |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=Syracuse Herald-Journal |date=30 December 1946 |pages=9}}</ref> *Cyrus D. Prescott (1836–1902), politician and lawyer *John Ballard Rendall (1847–1924), minister, Lincoln University president, and Pennsylvania state representative *Walter Sheridan, an investigator for various agencies of the US government.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lives They Lived: Victor Riesel and Walter Sheridan – In Defense of Honest Labor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/31/magazine/lives-they-lived-victor-riesel-walter-sheridan-defense-honest-labor.html |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 1995 |last=Hamill |first=Pete}}</ref> *Hal White (1919–2001), professional baseball player<ref>{{cite news |last1=Regan |first1=Francis |title=Francis Regan's Sports Views and Reviews |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-sports-views-and-reviews/162055974/ |access-date=2 January 2025 |work=Daily Sentinel |date=15 January 1947 |pages=10}}</ref> *Mary Traffarn Whitney (1852–1942), minister, editor, social reformer, philanthropist, lecturer

==Notable faculty== * Charles Stuart (1783–1865), abolitionist, principal (1822–1829)

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==External links== {{Commons category|Utica Free Academy}} *{{Official website|http://histclo.com/schun/country/us/is/alpha/u/ufa.html}}

Category:Buildings and structures in Utica, New York Category:Defunct schools in New York (state) Category:Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York Category:Educational institutions established in 1840 Category:Educational institutions disestablished in 1990 Category:1840 establishments in New York (state) Category:1990 disestablishments in New York (state)