Southwood College

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Southwood College was founded in 1874 in Salemburg, North Carolina and closed in 1973. For many years, two schools, Edwards Military Institute and Pineland College, operated on the same site; on July 1, 1965, the institutions officially became Southwood College.

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History

The history of Southwood College began in 1875. Isham Royal founded Salemburg Academy, a one-room, private educational institution for girls. Private academies such as Salemburg flourished before the widespread introduction of public schools. One of the first principals was Marion Butler, later U.S. senator from North Carolina. In 1914, the program reorganized as the Pineland School for Girls following receipt of a donation of $70,000 from Benjamin N. Duke, son of Washington Duke, namesake of Duke University, and a commensurate contribution from local citizens [1]

In 1926, the curriculum was broadened, several more buildings constructed, and the library expanded. The school became Pineland Junior College and served as a female only institution. The Edwards Military Institute, was added and was named for Methodist minister Anderson Edwards, who had contributed his life savings to the construction of the military academy. [1]

In 1952, the schools had the youngest college president in the United States, Willard Jackson Blanchard, a World War II veteran, who at the time was thirty-two years old. [1]

On July 1, 1965, the two schools merged and became Southwood College. The school closed its doors in 1973. That year, the North Carolina Department of Justice took over the grounds, and developed the North Carolina Justice Academy for the training of North Carolina criminal justice officers. [1] The North Carolina Justice Academy still utilizes the Blanchard Learning Resource Center, the Royal Classroom Building, the Jones Auditorium, a cafeteria and an office building that were originally part of Southwood College. [2]

Names Through the Years [3]
Salem Academy/Salem High School1874-1905
Salemburg Academy/Salemburg High School1905-1914
Pineland School for Girls1914-1924
Pineland Junior College1924-1935
Edwards Memorial School1933-1935
Pineland College & Edwards Military Institute1935-1965
Southwood College1965-1973

Administration

Principals, Headmasters, and Presidents of Southwood College and its predecessors [3]
Isham T. Royall1875–1886
Marion F. Butler1886–1889
Major George Edwin Butler1889–1892
William Edward Darden1892–1893
Alexander Franklin Howard1893–1895
Rev. William Charles Barrett1895–1898
Rev. Franklin T. Wooten1898–1899
John J. Hendren/George Franklin Edwards1899–1900
George Franklin Edwards/ Mollie Roberts Edwards1902–1907
Mr. Claude C. Howard/Mrs. George Franklin Edwards1907–1908
William Jackson Jones/Mollie Roberts Edwards Jones1908–1945
William Jackson Jones1945–1949
Willard Jackson Blanchard1949–1957
Robert Burnes Isner1957–1958
Joseph Davis Farrar1958–1959
Robert Burnes Isner1959–1962
Willard Jackson Blanchard1962–1972

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