W.O. Mize, J.T. Day, and Green Berry Swango founded Hazel Green Academy in 1880. Eventually, administration and financial support were shifted to agencies of the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church: the Christian Women's Board of Missions in 1886, and then the United Christian Missionary Society in 1919. Formal support from the national church ended in 1971. The Academy was a boarding school throughout its ninety-six years and the curriculum included both college preparatory and vocational courses. A sizable physical plant developed along with fairly extensive land holdings. For a time the Academy maintained its own electric and water systems, hospital and community health clinic, 212-acre demonstration farm, kindergarten, used clothing store, and community library.
From the description of Hazel Green Academy Records 1886-1982. (Berea College). WorldCat record id: 52050757
