 The seminary opened with 11 students on September 5, 1826, at the 1810 Gettysburg Academy building.An 1830 request for proposals was advertised for constructing the "whole building to be 100 feet, viz.the Centre building to be 50 feet square, two stories each 14 feet high--with two wings, 30 by 25 feet, three stories each 9 feet high.