The Delaware Literary Institute was a secondary school located at Franklin, New York.

The first building opened in 1836 (Old Stone Hall) and enrollment was 45 male and 38 female students.

[1] Enrollment declined after the American Civil War and remained at about 225 through the next 30 years.

In 1902, Delaware Literary Institute succumbed to public and financial pressures and leased its buildings for use as a Union Free School.

[1] Chapel Hall is used by the Franklin Stage Company, a professional theater founded in 1996, operating on an Actors Equity Association Small Professional Theater Tier IV contract.