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[[Image:PSNo1.png|thumb|right|As depicted in the ''Florida Historical Quarterly''.]]
'''High School No. 1''' , also called '''Public School No. 1''' or '''The Academy''', was an early Escambia County public school, located on the north side of [[Wright Street]] between [[Guillemard Street|Guillemard]] and [[Tarragona Street]]s. It is the only school identified on the [[Wellge map]] of [[1885]]. The [[1885 Pensacola directory]] provides the following information:
<blockquote>HIGH SCHOOL, No. 1 - [[Wright Street|Wright]] near [[Union Depot]]. Principal - [[A. H. Todd]]. Assistants - Miss [[Sally Rogers]], Miss [[Laura McKinley]], Mrs. [[E. J. Wilson]], Miss [[Elma Maclay]], Miss [[Gasque Wolfe]], Miss [[Mary E. Lee]].<ref>http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/1885appendix.htm</ref></blockquote>
