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Wentworth Military Academy and College was a private four-year college preparatory high school and military junior college. It was located in Lexington, Missouri, part of the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
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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.
Dec 17, 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.
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.
Sep 19, 2017 · The alumni association of the recently closed Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexigton was fighting to retain control over a 94 year-old World War I Doughboy statue.
In 1882 Wentworth became a military school, with a name change to Wentworth Military Academy in 1890. At that time it was a small school with 80 cadets listed in the catalog. Students had a choice of three courses of study—classical, business, and elective.
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For the next several decades, Wentworth Male Academy remained simply a military high school for boys. In 1923, Wentworth College evolved from the institution, and the main campus in Lexington, Missouri, is now a private, coeducational two year college.
