Today in Wheeling History: January 26--Noah Linsly, lawyer, mayor, and founder of The Linsly School, was born at Branford, Connecticut (1772).
Noah Linsly was born in Branford, Connecticut, on January 26, 1772. After graduating from Yale in 1791, he moved to Virginia (now West Virginia) in the late 1790s to practice law. Linsly settled in Wheeling, where he served as a council member, prosecuting attorney, and mayor before passing away on March 25, 1814, at the age of 42. He is buried in Mount Wood Cemetery in Wheeling. In his will, Linsly left funds to establish a Lancastrian-style academy in Wheeling that educated both boys and girls and was named the Wheeling Lancastrian Academy when it opened in 1814. However, within a few years, the school had restricted admission to only boys. The academy struggled after Virginia adopted public education in 1846. It was renamed the Linsly Institute in 1859 when it moved into a new building at 15th and Eoff Streets. This building served as West Virginia's first state capitol from 1863 to 1870. Under a new principal, John Birch, the school became a military academy in 1877 and was renamed Linsly Military Institute in 1942. The school moved to Thedah Place in 1925 before relocating to its current campus at Knox Lane in 1968. The military program ended in 1979, and girls were readmitted in 1988 after over 100 years of being prohibited. Today the school is known as The Linsly School.
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Noah Linsly was born in Branford, Connecticut, on January 26, 1772. After graduating from Yale in 1791, he moved to Virginia (now West Virginia) in the late 1790s to practice law. Linsly settled in Wheeling, where he served as a council member, prosecuting attorney, and mayor before passing away on March 25, 1814, at the age of 42. He is buried in Mount Wood Cemetery in Wheeling. In his will, Linsly left funds to establish a Lancastrian-style academy in Wheeling that educated both boys and girls and was named the Wheeling Lancastrian Academy when it opened in 1814. However, within a few years, the school had restricted admission to only boys. The academy struggled after Virginia adopted public education in 1846. It was renamed the Linsly Institute in 1859 when it moved into a new building at 15th and Eoff Streets. This building served as West Virginia's first state capitol from 1863 to 1870. Under a new principal, John Birch, the school became a military academy in 1877 and was renamed Linsly Military Institute in 1942. The school moved to Thedah Place in 1925 before relocating to its current campus at Knox Lane in 1968. The military program ended in 1979, and girls were readmitted in 1988 after over 100 years of being prohibited. Today the school is known as The Linsly School.
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Photo Credits: Ohio County Public Library Archives, Wheeling WV; Wheeling Hall of Fame, Find a Grave, The Clio
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