ACADEMIES & PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
CHARITY SCHOOL
The following information was extracted from
the book, History of Perry County Pennsylvania; H. H. Hain; Hain-Moore Co.;
Harrisburg, Pa.; 1922. Chapter XVIII.
In 1842 citizens of Madison Township erected on lands of Mr. Samuel Hench a
building which was known as "Charity School." Little data
remains as to it.
