It is part of the City Hall Historic District.
[1] The Free Academy was founded by the Board of Education in 1853 and opened in 1857.
[2] Initially called "the High School," it was incorporated as the Rochester Free Academy in 1862.
[2] In 1871, the adjacent lot was purchased, and the surviving brick structure replaced the original school building.
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