The Female Seminary in Gorham, dedicated on Sept. 13, 1837, was located on School Street at the present site of Ridgewood. The three-story building became a dormitory for the Gorham Normal School in 1878. The seminary building was destroyed by fire in October of 1894. Opera singer Annie Louise Cary graduated from the seminary in 1860. Photo courtesy of George Watson, Gorham Historical Society archivist.