George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Hancock County, United States | Academy

Welcome to the George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill, Maine, United States. Founded in 1803, George Stevens Academy is an independent high school, grades 9 through 12, located on the coast of Maine. A caring educational community committed to meeting the needs of every student, GSA offers a rigorous and comprehensive academic program that fosters intellectual inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge, inspires creativity, develops self-reliance, and prepares its graduates for a purposeful life in an ever-changing world.
George Stevens was an able man. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts and came to Blue Hill in 1775. He became a ship owner and merchant. He early showed an interest in education. He and Jonah Holt sponsored the first singing school in town. He concerned himself with Colby College, then a Baptist institution. He endowed the local Baptist church with land and money. He gave a start to Thomas Lord whom he hired as a ship?s carpenter. Lord became a talented architect, who designed churches for Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Sedgwick and Ellsworth. He designed a number of houses, including the Greek Revival Morse House opposite George Stevens Academy.
In 1891 the Maine State Legislature incorporated George Stevens Academy. In 1897 the contract to build a building was awarded to George Butler. In 1898 the Academy opened its doors to students. The ?Old Academy? cooperated with the new institution. Their boards merged but it was not until 1943 that the two groups merged and incorporated under the name of Blue Hill-George Stevens Academy. Officially the name of the institution is now George Stevens Academy. It serves not only Squire Stevens? town but all neighboring towns.