Glynn Academy

Glynn Academy (GA) is an American public high school in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, enrolling 1,900 students in grades 9–12.

Glynn Academy offers technical, academic, and Advanced Placement programs and is accredited by the Georgia Department of Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

[8] The original 1840 structure was moved out of the city in 1915;[8] in 2008, it was relocated to the current campus where it serves as an interpretive museum.

In 1888, one hundred years after its founding, Glynn Academy records show a graduating class consisting of four girls and two boys.

Other Campus Buildings and Additional Information Constructed in 2014, the tennis complex features 10 lighted courts — allowing Glynn Academy to host competitive tournaments — along with fencing, some additional parking spaces and a large building which holds concessions and restrooms.

Built in 1840, the Old Glynn Academy Building was the first building on Hillsborough Square, the present location of the Glynn Academy campus; it is the oldest wooden schoolhouse in Georgia[13] and the second oldest wooden schoolhouse in America.

The Wood Gym is the original gymnasium of Glynn Academy, named after a Brunswick resident who donated money to the school for physical education.

The Wood Gym is now rarely in regular use by the student body, having been supplanted by a modern gymnasium across campus.

The interior of the gymnasium has functioned as home to the varsity wrestling team during the winter months since their inaugural season in 1996.

When necessary the gym interior area also functions for administering standardized testing, and occasionally, a physical education class takes place here.

In an effort to memorialize the structure, the architect of the building, Hendrik Wallin, drew inspiration from the Louvain Library in Belgium whose destruction by the Germans infuriated the Allied Forces.

The Sidney Lanier Building, a former primary school, was incorporated into Glynn Academy in the early 1970s.

There is a historical marker in Brunswick commemorating the writing of “The Marshes of Glynn.” The Sidney Lanier Building houses primarily social studies classes.

In November 2022, the Gym addition was completed which consists of a basketball court for classes, weight rooms, and office space for coaches.

In 1897, the bell was cast in bronze by McShane Foundry in Baltimore, Maryland and was used in the clock tower of Brunswick City Hall until the 1930s.

The Glynn Academy Student Council of 1968–1969 is credited with finding the Liberty Bell and assembling it on a plinth at the downtown campus.

With the help of the Brunswick Fire Department and businessmen, parents and students, the bell was set during the 1969–1970 school year.

Campus sign, oldest building, and Glynn Academy building
A.V. Wood Gymnasium
The Annex Building
The Prep Building, erected in 1909, is the second-oldest building at the school. It is perhaps the most iconic building on campus due to its façade.
The Glynn Academy building in the Brunswick Old Town Historic District
The Sidney Lanier Building
The Science Building
The New Gym
Replica of the Liberty Bell