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St. John's Northwestern Military Academy

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St. John's Northwestern Academies
Location
Map
1101 Genesee St.
Delafield, Wisconsin

United States
Information
TypeCoed Independent Boarding and Day School
MottoLaborare, Ludere, Orare(Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard)
Established1884
PresidentRobert J. Fine, Jr.
Grades6–12
Enrollment185
Color(s)Red, Black, White and Purple
AthleticsFALL SPORTS: Football, Soccer, Cross Country, JROTC Raiders, F-Tennis WINTER SPORTS: Basketball, Wrestling, Precision Air Rifle, NASP Archery SPRING SPORTS: Baseball, Golf, Tennis, SCTP Trap and Clays, JROTC Drill Team (Silver Rifles)
Team nameLancers

St. John's Northwestern Military Academy (SJNMA) was founded in 1884 as St. John's Military Academy (SJMA) in Delafield, Wisconsin, by the Rev. Sidney T. Smythe as a private, college preparatory[1] school. In 1995, Northwestern Military and Naval Academy (NMNA) in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, merged with St. John's Military Academy to become St. John's Northwestern Military Academy on the Delafield campus. In 2020, a Leadership Academy was added and the combined schools became St. John's Northwestern Academies. SJNA (St. John's Northwestern Academies) is a coed independent boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades 6–12. St. John's Northwestern Summer Academy offers Little Lancers Day Camp, Summer Academy Plus, and ESL courses.[2]

Historic buildings

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St. John's Northwestern campus consists of a collection of historic buildings, many with towers and battlements in a style that suggests a Medieval castle, with most of them arranged in a U around the drill field.

  • The school's oldest surviving building is the 1857 rectory of St. John Chrysostom Church, a small Picturesque-style house which was repurposed in 1884 as the academy's first dormitory, infirmary and dining hall.[3]
  • Next is the odd Shingle style Memorial Hall, designed by John A. Moller with its two caps and built in 1893 as a recreational building/gymnasium.[4]
  • Next among the surviving buildings is the Dr. Sidney Thomas Smythe house, designed by John A. Moller and built in 1901, an unusual agglomeration of Shingle style (the massing) and Classical Revival (the Doric columns) styles. Smythe, the founder of the school, lived here, calling the house "Rosslyn."[5]
  • Knight Hall classroom building was added in 1902.
Smythe and DeKoven, with the Beacon in the middle distance
  • Next was DeKoven Hall, designed in Collegiate Gothic style by Thomas Van Alyea and built in 1906, a four-story barracks/administration building with octagonal towers at the corners and battlements topping the walls.[6]
  • The dining hall and barracks Welles Hall was also added in 1906, designed by Van Alyea in a style similar to DeKoven Hall, but with a large square clock tower.[7]
  • The Beacon is a fieldstone monument built in 1923. It holds an eternal light and displays quotes from St. John's founder.[8]
  • Victory Memorial Chapel was built from 1921 to 1926, modeled by Van Alyea on the chapel at West Point, and clad in lannonstone.[9]
  • In 1927 the school added the two-story Hazelwood Hall designed by Van Alyea, housing barracks and classrooms,[10] and it was expanded with Scott Johnston Hall in 1930, with a corner turret.[11]
  • Smythe Hall was added in 1929, a classroom designed by Van Alyea in a "castle" style like the previous buildings.[12]

In 1977 these historic campus buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places for the complementary design of many of them and since the school is the oldest military academy in Wisconsin.[1]

Notable alumni

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Notes

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  2. ^ "About Us". St. John's Northwestern Academies. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "St. John Chrysostom Church Rectory". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Memorial Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "Smythe House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  6. ^ "DeKoven Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "Welles Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  8. ^ "The Beacon". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "Victory Memorial Chapel". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  10. ^ "Hazelwood Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "Scott Johnston Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  12. ^ "Smythe Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
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  20. ^ "Lieutenant General Edward A. Craig". Marine Corps University. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
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  22. ^ Gravenites, Nick (1995). "Bad Talkin' Bluesman". Blues Revue (18–26). ISSN 1091-7543.
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  25. ^ "MONTE MERKEL". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
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  28. ^ "Biographies : MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS CEBERN MUSGRAVE JR". Archived from the original on July 16, 2012.
  29. ^ "Life Story". Goodman Theatre. May 4, 2021. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  30. ^ Official Reference Book. The Club. 1922. p. 114 – via Internet Archive. frank rathje.
  31. ^ "St. John's NMA: Honored Old Boy of the Year". Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
  32. ^ "Jack Riley". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  33. ^ a b Schoettler, Daniel (September 2, 2019). "Military academy may get monumental homecoming". Lee Newspapers. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  34. ^ "Rostenkowski, Daniel David". History, Art & Archives. United States House of Representatives. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
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  36. ^ "Schumacher hopes to race into spotlight". Star Tribune. August 17, 2000. p. C6. Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  37. ^ Leonard, Thomas M. (2014). Historical Dictionary of Panama. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 274–275. ISBN 978-0810878358. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  38. ^ Smith, Bryan (May 2014). "Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
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