Hello again, Continuing to read this morning's "Lowell Sun," I found a real estate ad for a Condo at the former "Keith Academy." That was the name I couldn't think of -- for the building which is being discussed (other postings) as the "former Lowell Jail." I just found the web site for the former "Keith Academy," and it offers a "brief history" .. http://64.227.220.246/KeithWeb/indexKeithAcademy.htm A BRIEF HISTORY OF KEITH ACADEMY William Cardinal O'Connell opened Keith Academy at 201 Thorndike Street in Lowell, Massachusetts as an educational monument to the city of his birth. The funds to open Keith Academy and it sister school Keith Hall came from a bequest from B. F. Keith who was a theater magnet and left the funds in memory of his mother. I checked the picture of the "Keith Academy" and the picture on the "old postcard" of the old "Lowell Jail" and they are the same building ! It doesn't say so in the above "brief history" - but did "Keith Academy" take over the old "Lowell Jail" building in 1926 ? Betty (near Lowell, MA)

Hi Betty/Listers: To the best of my knowledge that was the history of the building when Keith Academy opened ..........Edd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: [MAMIDDLE] "Keith Academy" / "Lowell Jail" > Hello again, > > Continuing to read this morning's "Lowell Sun," I found a real estate ad > for a Condo at the former "Keith Academy." That was the name I couldn't > think of -- for the building which is being discussed (other postings) as > the "former Lowell Jail." > > I just found the web site for the former "Keith Academy," and it offers a > "brief history" .. > > http://64.227.220.246/KeithWeb/indexKeithAcademy.htm > > > A BRIEF HISTORY OF KEITH ACADEMY > > William Cardinal O'Connell opened Keith Academy at 201 Thorndike Street in > Lowell, Massachusetts as an educational monument to the city of his birth. > The funds to open Keith Academy and it sister school Keith Hall came from > a bequest from B. F. Keith who was a theater magnet and left the funds in > memory of his mother. > > > > I checked the picture of the "Keith Academy" and the picture on the "old > postcard" of the old "Lowell Jail" and they are the same building ! It > doesn't say so in the above "brief history" - but did "Keith Academy" take > over the old "Lowell Jail" building in 1926 ? > > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/147 - Release Date: 10/24/2005 > >

Yes Keith Academy was the old jail building. I graduated from Keith Academy in 1957. We used to joke about going to school in the jail. When I was there if you went down in the basement of the building there were still cells there. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> To: <MAMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: [MAMIDDLE] "Keith Academy" / "Lowell Jail" > Hello again, > > Continuing to read this morning's "Lowell Sun," I found a real estate ad > for a Condo at the former "Keith Academy." That was the name I couldn't > think of -- for the building which is being discussed (other postings) as > the "former Lowell Jail." > > I just found the web site for the former "Keith Academy," and it offers a > "brief history" .. > > http://64.227.220.246/KeithWeb/indexKeithAcademy.htm > > > A BRIEF HISTORY OF KEITH ACADEMY > > William Cardinal O'Connell opened Keith Academy at 201 Thorndike Street in > Lowell, Massachusetts as an educational monument to the city of his birth. > The funds to open Keith Academy and it sister school Keith Hall came from a > bequest from B. F. Keith who was a theater magnet and left the funds in > memory of his mother. > > > > I checked the picture of the "Keith Academy" and the picture on the "old > postcard" of the old "Lowell Jail" and they are the same building ! It > doesn't say so in the above "brief history" - but did "Keith Academy" take > over the old "Lowell Jail" building in 1926 ? > > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >