Mt. Pleasant Military Academy
Mt. Pleasant Military Academy is a former military school established in 1814 in Ossining, New York. The academy closed in 1925, its facilities later to be used as offices by William Arthur Slater, a surveyor. [1]
Founding
Money for the establishment of the school was raised through voluntary contributions from the people of Westchester County, New York, and elsewhere. The first contribution was made on November 13, 1813, and up to August, 1831, the sum of $1,083.81 had been contributed. The school opened as Mount Pleasant Academy, a coed educational institution. It became a male-only military academy in 1848 under Marlborough Churchill (1816-1899), with a curriculum modeled on that of West Point Academy. A new building was erected in 1878.[2]
20th-Century
Mount Pleasant Hall, or Mr. Brusie's School for Young Boys, adjoined the Mount Pleasant Academy. The property was the birthplace of New York Governor J.T. Hoffman and was sold by him to the school. Boys of "good character" under thirteen were accepted here for Forms 1 through 5. In 1909 the Hall had 24 students.[3]
As of 2020 the only surviving structure is the former library building, located at 23 State Street.[4]
Notable alumni
- John Barrymore, actor[5]
- Willis B. Burns, businessman and politician from Syracuse, New York[6]
- Wallace A. Downs, New York National Guard officer and businessman[7]
- Edmond Genet, American pilot who died in 1917 while flying with the Lafayette Escadrille[8]
- Henry W. Hubbell, class of 1860, US Army brigadier general[9]
- Carlisle Norwood Jr., Attorney[10]
References
- ↑ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=193248
- ↑ Mount Pleasant Academy
- ↑ Mount Pleasant Hall yearbook, 1909
- ↑ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=193248
- ↑ Morrison, Michael A. (1997). John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-5216-2028-4 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Bruce, Dwight Hall, ed. (1896). Onondaga's Centennial, Gleanings of a Century. Vol. II. The Boston History Company. pp. 475–476 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Mt. Pleasant Alumni Dine". The Yonkers Herald. Yonkers, New York. 27 February 1907. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Genet, Edmond Charles Clinton (1918). Channing, Grace Ellery (ed.). War Letters of Edmond Genet: The First American Aviator Killed Flying the Stars and Stripes. C. Scribner's Sons. p. xi. OCLC 459298282.
- ↑ Knox, Herman W., ed. (1918). Who's Who in New York (City and State) (Seventh ed.). New York, New York: Who's Who Publications. p. 551 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "C. Norwood Dies; Lawyer Was 90". Brooklyn Times Union. Brooklyn, New York. 20 November 1936. p. 12A – via Newspapers.com.
- Quoting from the Centennial 1914 yearbook of the academy, the section entitled Historical Sketch, which is in the Public Domain.