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The Wentworth Military Academy was listed as a national historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district encompasses seven contributing buildings erected from approximately 1830 to 1920.
Find us at the museum. View Map. The Wentworth Military Academy Museum is dedicated to preserving our history for alumni and faculty. Be a part of the effort to preserve Wentworth Military Academy’s History through the wma museum and by joining the 1880 Sustaining Member’s Society today.
Wentworth Military Academy was started in the river town of Lexington, MO in 1880. Steeped in history of river traffic along the Missouri River Bluffs. Rich in Civil War history, the brainchild of Stephen G. Wentworth, Wentworth, a school for young men, came to be. Sign was created by MG Frank Hugleman ('74).
1 History. 1.1 Background. 1.2 Wentworth Male Academy. 1.3 Wentworth Military Academy. 1.4 From the Great Depression to post-World War II prosperity. 1.5 Continuity and change in the post-Vietnam era. 1.6 Modern expansion. 2 College Academic program and Senior ROTC program. 2.1 2-Year Early Commissioning Program. 2.2 4-Year Commissioning Program.
Lexington Missouri, Wentworth Military Academy. Published on Nov 9, 2022. Last updated on Dec 26, 2023. Stephen G. Wentworth originally founded the Wentworth Male Academy in 1880 in Lexington, in honor of his son after he died in 1879 and in 1882 it was renamed the Wentworth Military Academy.
Wentworth Military Academy and College was a private two-year military college and high school in Lexington, Missouri, one of six military junior colleges in the United States. The institution was founded in 1880 and closed in 2017.
17 de dic. de 2016 · Established by Stephen Wentworth in 1880, Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexington continues to provide a military structured education. Pictured is the current Administration Building, which once provided rooms for students, faculty and the mess hall. Courtesy of Jeremy P. Ämick.
