East Florida Seminary

The East Florida Seminary was an institution of higher learning established by the State of Florida in 1853, and absorbed into the newly established University of Florida in 1905. The school operated in Ocala from 1853 until 1861. After being closed during the Civil War, the school re-opened in Gainesville, Florida in 1866. The school was intended to serve students from every county in Florida east of the Suwannee River, but functioned as a local public school for many years in Gainesville. The admission age was eventually raised, and it became a preparatory school.

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