Historic District
West Nottingham Academy Historic District is a national historic district at Colora, Cecil County, Maryland, United States. It comprises approximately 85 acres (340,000 m2), is characterized by a park-like setting of mature trees, a narrow stream, a small lake, and 19th and 20th century buildings. The principal historic buildings include the Old Academy or Canteen, constructed 1864, a single-story, three-part Victorian brick building with a distinctive stick-decorated belfry; the Gayley House, constructed about 1830, a prominent 2 1⁄2-story brick dwelling; and Magraw Hall, constructed 1929, a large gambrel-roofed stone administration building. Also on the property are Wiley House (about 1840), Becktel House (about 1900), Hilltop House (about 1900), the barn or old gym (about 1930), as well as the stone entrance and stone bridges. Founded in 1774, the West Nottingham Academy is the oldest operating boys boarding school in Maryland.
The historic core of the Academy were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as the West Nottingham Academy Historic District.
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