GEORGETOWN ACADEMY
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From Halton Sketches.. " A large brick building was opened as the Georgetown Academy, a private boarding School. The attendance was initially encouraging, but the enthusiasm was short lived and the school was closed. The school was situated on Academy Rd and was demolished by J.B. Mackenzie."
" A group of Georgetown Businessmen, including Mackenzie, were land speculators. They would purchase tracts of land, subdivide and build. One such venture involved the purchase of the old Georgetown Academy on what is now Academy road. The plan was to tear down the old brick building and erect some new homes with the material. Apparently an old man who had taken refuge in the building would not leave when served notice. While workmen tore the building apart he sat inside, until the location was extremely hazardous and play his violin, Two brick houses stand on the corner of Victoria and Academy were built by Mackenzie from the remains of the old Academy"
" A group of Georgetown Businessmen, including Mackenzie, were land speculators. They would purchase tracts of land, subdivide and build. One such venture involved the purchase of the old Georgetown Academy on what is now Academy road. The plan was to tear down the old brick building and erect some new homes with the material. Apparently an old man who had taken refuge in the building would not leave when served notice. While workmen tore the building apart he sat inside, until the location was extremely hazardous and play his violin, Two brick houses stand on the corner of Victoria and Academy were built by Mackenzie from the remains of the old Academy"
