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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.
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- Stephen G. Wentworth
- 1880
- En Dieu Est Tout (French), In God Is All (English)
Wentworth was the oldest military academy west of the Mississippi River, and the campus is on the National Register of Historic Places. It operated for 137 years (from 1880 until 2017). At the time of its closing, it was one of just five military junior colleges in the United States.
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Find us at the museum. 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.
Browse the yearbooks of Wentworth Military Academy, a school for young men founded in 1880 in Lexington, MO. See the history, achievements, and changes of the Academy through the years.
Information. Visit Website. Get Directions. lat: 39.1852973 long: -93.8795703. Lexington, Missouri, was once the home of the Wentworth Military Academy, a U.S. military junior college that operated from 1880 to 2017. The grounds of the academy were sold at auction after its closure.
17 dic 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.
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. At the time of the founding of the Wentworth Male Academy, Lexington was already home to three women's colleges but no established men's colleges.
