At the corner of Sydney St. At the time of writing, the plaque was missing.
Commemoration
Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School traces its beginning to an educational institution founded by John Strachan in 1803. Strachan, an Anglican priest, opened a private school in his home where he hoped to educate young men to take on leading roles in society. In 1806 he built a schoolhouse that became one of the first provincially funded district grammar schools one year later. Many of Upper Canada's elite received their education under Strachan's respected and progressive tutelage. After he left for York (now Toronto) in 1812, various masters ran the Cornwall Grammar School. With provincial educational reform in 1871, it became Cornwall High School and began a new life as a modern secondary institution, becoming a collegiate in 1925, and adding vocational courses in 1938.
Background
The building was relocated to this spot in 1877. Some architectural changes were made at that time. In 1944, the building was damaged in the Cornwall-Massena earthquake and had to be essentially rebuilt.
In the colonial period and much of the first century of nationhood, education was a responsibility carried out by churches, not governments. This was common in Europe and the United States as well.