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Summary

Brunswick Seminary on Brickyard Hill (the Greenfield house on G Street off 2nd Ave) was a coed college preparatory school founded by Professor John J. Shenk and his wife in 1890. It was also known as "Shenk's Seminary" and was advertised as a "Progressive Preparatory School for college and the active affairs of life" that offered "tuition and boarding at reasonable rates."

This is a report card for Grayson Strailman on which the teacher noted the pupil was "rather studious."

(Photo credit Brunswick History Commission)

Chanse Durnil: My great grandmother was Anna Greenfield who delivered my aunt at this house and my mom and her sisters grew up there, I even lived there until I was three. So much family history in that house, we call it "the big house." It's now the house next door to me.

Jacquelyn Ebersole: I hope everyone read the report card from Shenk's Seminary. It was the report of Grayson Strailman, the husband of Margaret Strailman who taught a whole, whole bunch of Brunswick students. They lived across the street from me and he was a wonderful gentleman and she was one of our best teachrs. We had really good ones, especially in East Brunswick School.

James Barker: Grayson Strailman was my great uncle. Vic Strailman, my grandfather, was his brother. Aunt Margaret was my first grade teacher.