Peekskill Military Academy
| Peekskill Military Academy | |
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| Address | |
| Elm and Hudson Streets Peekskill, New York, United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Military academy |
| Opened | 1833 |
| Status | closed |
| Closed | 1968 |
| Campus size | 55 acres (22 ha)[1] |
Peekskill Military Academy was founded as 'Peekskill Academy'. It was a military academy for young men and women, founded in 1833, located in Peekskill, New York, United States. The academy was built by a hanging tree and when a building was built near the great tree (1833), one of the British who was captured and summarily hanged, Daniel Strang’s bones were found buried nearby[2]. In 1841 the academy decided to only admit boys. By 1857 it was known as Peekskill Military Academy[3]. The school song was titled "The Big House on the Hill"[4]. The School Motto was 'Stand Firm As An Oak Quit You Like Men'[5] The academy closed in June 1968. The reason identified was a decline in enrollment and lack of endowment. A former faculty member, Roland R. Robinson, founded Eastern Military Academy. The Academy buildings were razed to make room for a new Peekskill High School building.[1] The Ford Administration Building is the last significant structure remaining from the academy and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[6]
During the 1960s, the New York Jets football team used the Academy and its playing field as a summer training camp. Joe Namath was a Jets team member at the time. The team was called the New York Titans till 1963.
[edit] Famous Alumni
Famous alumni include Sandy Weill a banker and L. Frank Baum, a writer.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "The Elm Street Campus". http://yourlocalads.com/pma/PMAMuseum/campus/buildings/campustour.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ http://fogeyfotia.com/2007/12/05/the-old-oak-at-peekskill-military-academy/
- ^ http://www.westchesterarchives.com/ht/muni/peekskill/PMA.html
- ^ http://www.westchesterarchives.com/ht/muni/peekskill/PMA_Full.html?song.x=69&song.y=120
- ^ http://www.peekskillmuseum.org/military.html
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 41°17′14″N 73°55′03″W / 41.28722°N 73.9175°W
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