NRHP: Dupee Music Hall
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Dupee Music Hall
NRHP Reference #: 85002484
NRHP Listing Date: 19850926
Location
1402 P, Franklin, Franklin County, Nebraska
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Summary
The Dupee Music Hall is the only remaining structure of the Franklin Academy. The academy was established in 1881, in the town of Franklin, under the supervision of the Republican Valley Association of Congregational Churches. By 1888 Nebraska had five Congregational academies offering college preparatory courses to students who desired more academic training than a typical nineteenth century high school provided. The Dupee Music Hall was erected in 1902 to house the music department, which had become one of the major interests of the academy. The academy closed in June 1922, after serving 2,570 students in its forty-one-year history.
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