National Register of Historic Places

Augusta Military Academy

Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia
Listed
February 10, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83003258

About this property

The Augusta Military Academy (AMA) was a secondary education military academy in Fort Defiance, Virginia, United States. The school was established in 1865 (1865) by Confederate veteran Charles Summerville Roller as the Augusta Male Academy and formally became a military academy in 1880 (1880). It combined classical studies with a military curriculum and was officially named Augusta Military Academy in 1890. At the time, it was one of the first military preparatory schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was one of the first such schools in the United States to adopt the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program in 1919. Until its closure in 1984 (1984), the Academy had attracted over 7,000 students from the United States and abroad. Today it is owned and operated as a campground for the Virginia District of the United Pentecostal Church International. It is located on U.S. Route 11, also known as the Lee Highway.

Location

Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia
38.23714, -78.97725

Categories

MILITARYEDUCATIONARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Augusta Military Academy was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983.

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Augusta Military Academy is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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