Additional Images: 1872 map, 1874 map, Side View, ~1910, Memorial Stone, Memorial Stone Inscription

         Founded in 1774, Newark Academy is one of the nation's oldest and most highly regarded independent secondary schools. Originally on the corner of Broad & Academy Streets.  Moved to 544 High Street in 1857, occupying the building of the Newark Wesleyan Institute.  In 1929, the school moved to a new red brick & limestone building at the corner of North First Street & Seventh Avenue.  In 1964, the Academy moved from the city of Newark to its 68-acre campus in suburban Livingston. A co-ed school for grades 6-12, the Newark Academy student body is comprised of 540 students from north-central New Jersey and from around the world. In fact, the Newark Academy school community is among the most diverse in the United States.

        The curriculum offers opportunities in 23 Advanced Placement subjects, and Newark Academy remains the only independent school in New Jersey authorized to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate Diploma. This comprehensive, rigorous two-year program for 11th and 12th graders is recognized by top universities around the U.S. and the world as the standard of excellence among all secondary school academic programs.