Puget Sound Naval Academy

Last updated
Puget Sound Naval Academy
Location
Puget Sound Naval Academy
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Coordinates 47°39′40″N122°30′3″W / 47.66111°N 122.50083°W / 47.66111; -122.50083
Information
Former nameMoran School
Type Military, preparatory, single-gender
Closed1951
GenderMale
Age range12-18
Campus size40 acres

The Puget Sound Naval Academy (formerly the Moran School or Moran Junior College, and also called Hill Naval Academy) was a private, military style preparatory school intended to prepare young men and boys for attendance at the United States Naval Academy and the United States Coast Guard Academy. [1] It was located in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

Contents

Moran School

Frank G. Moran purchased the Manitou Park Hotel [2] and its 40-acre property in 1914 and converted it to the Moran School for Boys, [3] a private boarding school for the sons of well-off Seattle families. Ultimately, the school would occupty three buildings: the Day Hall (including dormitory and kitchens), [4] the Wilson Hall, [5] and the Yates Hall (including administration offices and an auditorium, completed in 1918 [6] ). In 1919, Frank Moran would found the Lakeside School in Seattle, with the intention of running the Lakeside School as a "feeder" school for his Moran School. [7]

Notable alumni from the school include Nobel Prize winning physicist Walter Houser Brattain (graduated 1920 [8] ) and influential architect John Yeon. [9]

In November 1932, after installing a laboratory in the basement of the Wilson Hall, an explosion destroyed the building. [5] The school would file suit against the Standard Oil company alleging that the explosion was due in part to defective equipment provided by Standard Oil, and the use of poorly trained employees to test the installation. The lawsuit would be decided in favor of Standard Oil. [10] After the explosion, and against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the school would close for the first time in 1933.

Sources refer to the school during this 1914 to 1933 period as the "Moran School", "Moran School for Boys", and the "Moran Junior College."

Puget Sound Naval Academy

Joseph Hill acquired the Moran School in 1937 for the cost of the school's back taxes [11] and renamed it to Puget Sound Naval Academy. [1] The Day and Yates Halls were renamed to U.S.S Dewey and U.S.S Bainbridge respectively.

In addition to a normal high school curriculum, the academy included classes in seamanship, sailing and drill. Due to small enrollment, the academy did not have a sports team.

In 1950, the school was renamed to the Hill Naval Academy. It also acquired the USS PCS-1425, a former Navy patrol craft. [12] [1] The school would close its doors forever the following year, 1951.

Fate

Some portion of the school was converted to the "Messenger House" retirement home, [11] which was scheduled to close in 2018. [13] The school's administration building was used as a storehouse since the 1960s, and was used a set in the film Farewell to Harry. [14] The building deteriorated, and despite local efforts to save it, was demolished in 2017. [15]

Additional Resources

Related Research Articles

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard United States historic place

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, officially Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, is a United States Navy shipyard covering 179 acres (0.7 km²) on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington in uninterrupted use since its establishment in 1891; it has also been known as Navy Yard Puget Sound and Bremerton Navy Yard.

Kitsap County, Washington U.S. county in Washington

Kitsap County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2010 census, its population was 251,133. Its county seat is Port Orchard, and its largest city is Bremerton. The county was formed out of King County and Jefferson County on January 16, 1857, and is named for Chief Kitsap of the Suquamish Tribe. Originally named Slaughter County, it was soon renamed.

Bainbridge Island, Washington City in Washington, United States

Bainbridge Island is a city and island in Kitsap County, Washington, United States, located in Puget Sound. The population was 23,025 at the 2010 census and an estimated 25,298 in 2019, making Bainbridge Island the second largest city in Kitsap County.

Kitsap Peninsula

The Kitsap Peninsula lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound, in Washington state in the Pacific Northwest. Hood Canal separates the peninsula from the Olympic Peninsula on its west side. The peninsula, a.k.a. "the Kitsap", encompasses all of Kitsap County except Bainbridge and Blake Islands, as well as the northeastern part of Mason County and the northwestern part of Pierce County. The highest point on the Kitsap Peninsula is Gold Mountain. The U.S. Navy's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Naval Base Kitsap are on the peninsula. Its main city is Bremerton.

Seattle metropolitan area Metropolitan statistical area in Washington, United States

The Seattle metropolitan area is an urban conglomeration in the U.S. state of Washington that comprises Seattle, its surrounding satellites and suburbs. It contains the three most populous counties in the state—King, Snohomish, and Pierce—and is considered part of the greater Puget Sound region. The United States Census Bureau defines the metropolitan area as the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area. With an estimated population of 3,979,845 as of 2019, it is the 15th largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the United States and is home to over half of Washington's population.

Kitsap Transit Local public transit operator in Kitsap County, Washington

Kitsap Transit is a public transit agency serving Kitsap County, Washington, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The system is based in Bremerton and operates bus service on 40 fixed routes, a foot ferry, a vanpool system, worker-driver services, and dial-a-ride services. The Kitsap Fast Ferries are also operated by Kitsap Transit.

Fay Bainbridge Park

Fay Bainbridge Park is a locally operated, public recreation area situated immediately south of the Point Monroe sandspit on the northeast tip of Bainbridge Island, Washington and is open from dusk to dark. The park comprises 17 acres (6.9 ha) of land, including 1,420 feet (430 m) of shoreline on Puget Sound.The park offers beach activities and camping in addition to views of Puget Sound, the Cascade Mountains and two volcanoes: Mount Rainier and Mount Baker.

<i>Athlon</i> (steamboat)

Athlon was a typical passenger steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.

<i>Defiance</i> (steamboat)

The steamboat Defiance operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. In later years this vessel was called Kingston.

<i>Monticello</i> (steamboat)

The steamboat Monticello (2) operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. The vessel went through several reconstructions and remained in service until 1962, when she was lost in Alaska waters. Her later names were Penaco and Sea Venture. (This Puget Sound steamer should not be confused with the smaller Monticello, which also ran on Puget Sound, but was built in 1895 for Captain Z.J. Hatch of the Monticello Steamship Company.

Puget Sound region Region around Puget Sound in Washington

The Puget Sound region is a coastal area of the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. state of Washington, including Puget Sound, the Puget Sound lowlands, and the surrounding region roughly west of the Cascade Range and east of the Olympic Mountains. It is characterized by a complex array of saltwater bays, islands, and peninsulas carved out by prehistoric glaciers.

Colman Dock Ferry terminal in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Colman Dock, also called Pier 52, is the primary ferry terminal in Seattle, Washington, United States. The original pier is no longer in existence, but the terminal, now used by the Washington State Ferry system, is still called "Colman Dock".

<i>Verona</i> (steamship)

The steamship Verona was a small steamboat of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet.

<i>Hyak</i> (1909 steamboat)

Hyak was a wooden-hulled steamship that operated on Puget Sound from 1909 to 1941. This vessel should not be confused with the sternwheeler Hyak which ran on the extreme upper reach of the Columbia River at about the same time. The name means "swift" or "fast" in the Chinook Jargon.

The Kitsap County Transportation Company was an important steamboat and ferry company that operated on Puget Sound. The company was founded in 1898 as the Hansen Transportation Company.

Florence K

Florence K was a steamboat that was operated on Puget Sound from 1903. This vessel was later renamed Gloria and was rebuilt as a steam ferry and renamed Beeline.

<i>Camano</i> (steamboat)

Camano was a steamboat built in 1906 at Coupeville, Washington which operated on Puget Sound from 1906 to 1917. Camano was later known as Tolo. As Tolo the vessel was sunk in 1917 as a result of a collision at sea. Four people died as a result.

<i>Speeder</i> (motor vessel)

Speeder was a motor launch built in 1908 which served on Puget Sound and in the San Juan Islands. From 1908 to 1922 this vessel was named Bainbridge.

<i>Carlisle II</i>

Carlisle II is the oldest of only two operational examples of a Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet vessel. They were once part of a large fleet of small passenger and freight carrying ships that linked the islands and ports of Puget Sound in Washington state in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Toe Jam Hill

Toe Jam Hill, 425 feet tall, is the high point on Bainbridge Island, Washington and one of the highest points in Kitsap County, Washington.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Puget Sound Naval Academy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-23.
  2. ↑ "The Historic Messenger House Care Center". Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. ↑ "Preservationist eyes Moran theater". Bainbridge Island Review. 2003-09-07. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  4. ↑ "Moran Junior College, Day Hall, Bainbridge Island, WA". Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  5. 1 2 "Moran Junior College, Wilson Hall, Bainbridge Island, WA". Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  6. ↑ "Local News Bainbridge preservationists unhappy about plans to demolish 1918 building". The Seattle Times. 2010-02-28. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  7. ↑ "Threatened landmark with powerful connections". Crosscut.com. 2010-03-07. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09.
  8. ↑ "Bainbridge's Moran School Has Rich History, but Does It Have a Future?". Kitsap Sun. 2015-02-18. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02.
  9. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form - John Yeon Speculative House". 2007-06-14. p. 14.
  10. ↑ "Moran Junior College v. Standard Oil Co., 52 P.2d 342 (Wash. 1935)".
  11. 1 2 "Moran Junior College, Bainbridge Island, WA". Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  12. ↑ "NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Sweeper Photo Archive: PCS-1425". Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  13. ↑ "Bainbridge's Messenger House nursing home set to close". Kitsap Sun. 2018-04-20. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23.
  14. ↑ "For Sale: Moran School Administration Building on Bainbridge Island". Historic Seattle. 2010-09-03. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18.
  15. ↑ "Historic Moran School demolished on Bainbridge Island". Kitsap Sun. 2017-10-20. Archived from the original on 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.