The Old Stone House    Photo from “The Mountains Speak”

 

 

 

In 1808, Reverend John McIlhenney, of the Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg, founded the town’s first school, The Lewisburg Academy, and designed a classical curriculum.  Classes were held in the Old Stone House, which was built in the late 1700’s and still stands on Court Street.  A native of South Carolina, and only 27 years old at the time, Rev. McIlhenny indicated that it was his desire to remain in Lewisburg indefinitely, both to the growth of the school, and to insure his flock was well pastored.