You know it as St. James. It once was Miss Nicholson's Select Seminary for Young Ladies
Brown becomes Maryland's first African American Attorney GeneralAnthony Brown sworn in as attorney general of Maryland. The state's former lieutena...
Brown becomes Maryland's first African American Attorney GeneralAnthony Brown sworn in as attorney general of Maryland. The state's former lieutenant governor brings big asks for his new office to Annapolis.For about 180 years, a property south of Hagerstown has been the home of St. James School.But even before the Episcopal boarding school opened in 1842, the property had been used for educational purposes — for young women.In December 1827, Miss Elizabeth Nicholson announced the opening of a 'school for young ladies' in the Torch Light and Public Advertiser, a Hagerstown newspaper.