Horner Military Academy

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Horner Military School was a private educational institution in North Carolina that operated from 1851 until 1920.

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It was founded by James Hunter Horner in 1851 in Oxford, North Carolina as The Horner School. An 1844 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Horner had previously taught at Hillsborough Academy and the Oxford Male Academy. [1]

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Main barracks 1903

Located on "Horner Hill", the school was run by Horner with assistance at various times from his wife Sophronia Moore Horner, his brother Thomas J. Horner, his sons Jerome Channing Horner and Junius Moore Horner, and others. [2] It was renamed the Horner and Graves School in 1870 and moved to Hillsborough in 1874. In 1876, the school returned to its original name and location in Oxford. A military system was introduced in 1880 [1] with the curriculum described as "a classical, mathematical, English, scientific and military academy". [3]

The school was relocated to Charlotte in 1914 after a fire destroyed the barracks. [4] It was at that time housed in a "fireproof" concrete and brick building located at the highest point of the Myers Park area. The school closed in 1920. [5]

The Myers Park Country Club bought much of the school grounds. The remodeled original building remains as a privately owned condominium known as the Country Club Rockledge. [5]

A North Carolina Highway Historical Marker was placed at the Oxford site (Williamsboro St. at Military St.) in 1939. [6]

Notable alumni [7]

Notable faculty [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Jean B. Anderson (2006). "Horner School". NCpedia. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Annual Catalogue, Horner Military School (1906)" (PDF). Granville Connections. 4 (2). Granville County Genealogical Society: 41. Spring 1998. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Catalogue for Session 1893-'94". Horner School. HathiTrust. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ William S. Powell (November 9, 2000). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 3, H-K. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 207. ISBN   978-0-8078-6713-6.
  5. 1 2 "Horner Military School". The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Story. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Horner School (G-27)". NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  7. 1 2 "NCpedia Glossary". NCpedia. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

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