Editing Meadville, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
[[File:Bentley Hall.jpg|thumb|Bentley Hall on the campus of [[Allegheny College]]]]

===Colleges===
Meadville is the home of [[Allegheny College]], a [[liberal arts college]] with approximately 1,700 students. Allegheny was founded in April 1815<ref name=tws212>{{cite news
| first = Anne W.  | last = Stewart
| title = Nothing New Under the Sun
| work=The Wall Street Journal
| date = February 7, 2003
| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1044579789897852013?mod=googlewsj
| access-date = August 26, 2009
}}</ref> by the [[Timothy Alden|Reverend Timothy Alden]], a graduate of Harvard's [[Harvard Divinity School|School of Divinity]]. The college was historically affiliated with the [[United Methodist Church]] after 1833, although it is currently non-sectarian. The first class, consisting of four male students, began their studies on July 4, 1816, without any formal academic buildings. Within six years, Alden accumulated sufficient funds to begin building a campus. The first building erected, the library, was designed by Alden himself, and is a notable example of early American architecture. [[Bentley Hall]] is named in honor of Dr. [[William Bentley]], who donated his private library to the college, a collection of considerable value and significance. In 1824, [[Thomas Jefferson]] wrote to Alden, expressing the hope that his [[University of Virginia]] could someday possess the richness of Allegheny's library.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Haskins
| first = Charles H.
| first2= William I. | last2=Hull
| title = A History of Education in Pennsylvania
| publisher=Washington Government Printing Office
| year = 1902
| page = 10
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XuwTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA10
}}</ref> Alden served as president of the college until 1831, when financial and enrollment difficulties forced his resignation. [[Ruter Hall]] was built in 1853.<ref name="arch">{{cite web|url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp |title=National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania |publisher=CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System |format=Searchable database }} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web|url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H001243_01H.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ruter Hall |author=John P. Davis |date=December 1977 |url-status = dead|access-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205091042/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H001243_01H.pdf |archive-date=December 5, 2014 }}</ref>

[[Meadville Theological School]] was established in 1844 by a wealthy businessman and [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] named Harm Jan Huidekoper. It moved to [[Chicago]] in 1926.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://uudb.org/articles/harmjanhuidekoper.html|title=Harm Jan Huidekoper, Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography}}</ref>

===Primary and secondary===
Public schools, all part of the [[Crawford Central School District]],<!--UNI 07080--> which covers the city:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42039_crawford/DC20SD_C42039.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Crawford County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 18, 2024}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42039_crawford/DC20SD_C42039_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
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* [[Meadville Area Senior High School]] (grades 9–12)
* Meadville Middle School (grades 7–8)
* First District Elementary School (grades K-6)
* Neason Hill Elementary School (grades K-6)
* Second District Elementary School (grades K-6)
* West End Elementary School (grades K-6)
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Private/charter schools:
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* Crawford Christian Academy (grades K-12)
* Seton Catholic School (grades K-8)
* The Learning Center K-8 Independent School (grades K-8)
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