The first school in eastern and central Pennsylvania affording facilities for a higher education was the Berrysburg Seminary. It was founded in 1851
The building was about thirty-five by fifty-five feet, three stories in height, and built of brick, which were made nearby. On the first floor was the school-room. The second floor had eight rooms for use by the students for it was also a boarding school. The third story had only six rooms. At the end of the hall on this floor there was a room which extended across the entire east end of the building. This was intended for a recitation room.
Due to financial stress the building was c sold at the end of about two years (24 March 1854). the building was sold to the borough in 1871. The upper two stories were thrown into one room for the public high school; the lower room being then used for the primary school.
After 1871, the building was used for public school in winter months and for higher education during the summer months.
the summer of 1882 has been regarded as the end of the Berrysburg Seminary,In the summer of 1882.
The old brick building was used for school purposed until the year 1891, when it was torn down and the bricks used in the new public school building erected opposite the Lutheran and Reformed Church, now Peace United Church of Christ.
