Wesleyan Academy was the first name[1] of one of the oldest educational institutions of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
[1] In 1824 an act of incorporation was obtained from the legislature of Massachusetts,[3] and the academy was moved to Wilbraham, where it opened in September 1825.
It continues to operate as a college preparatory school for grades 9-12 on the Wilbraham campus.
In the 1870s, Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy was in a "healthful and beautiful" location, with extensive grounds, including farmland of 196 acres (0.79 km2).
There were six buildings devoted to academic purposes, the chief of which were "large and most conveniently arranged".