Santiam Academy

Santiam Academy

Academy building in 1936
Active	1852–1903
Location	Lebanon, Oregon, United States 44°32′43″N 122°54′30″W / 44.54515°N 122.90825°WCoordinates: 44°32′43″N 122°54′30″W / 44.54515°N 122.90825°W
Affiliations	Methodist Episcopal Church

Santiam Academy was an early primary and secondary school in Lebanon, Oregon, United States, run by the Methodist Episcopal Church.

History

The predecessor of the school was founded by pioneers in 1852 in a log cabin. Santiam Academy was created on January 18, 1854, by an act of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, and a larger building was constructed between 1854 and 1856.^[1] Among the members of the first board of trustees were Delazon Smith and David W. Ballard.^[2][3]

Attendance at the school dropped after the establishment of a public school district in 1870, and the academy shut down during the 1903–1904 school year.^[1] The church then turned the property over to the Lebanon School District. The building was torn down in the 1930s, and in 1945 Santiam School was built on the site, across from Lebanon High School. Santiam School closed in 1982 and was torn down in 2002.^[1] The site is now a Lebanon city park.

Notable alumni

• Owen Nickerson Denny, judge, United States consul general to China, introduced the ring-necked pheasant to the U.S.^[3][4]
• Melvin Clark George, U.S. Representative

Notable administrators and faculty

• William Holman Odell, Surveyor General of Oregon, editor of the Statesman Journal, namesake of Odell Lake^[5]

See also

• Bethel College
• Tualatin Academy
• McMinnville College
• Oregon Institute

References

1. "Santiam Academy" (PDF). Lebanon Community School District. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
2. Pratt, Anna D.S. "History of the First Methodist Church of Lebanon, and of Its Associate, Santiam Academy". LinnCountyRoots.com. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
3. "Founder's Day". Lebanon Express. Archived from the original on August 30, 2004. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
4. "The first ring-necked pheasants introduced into the United States arrive at Port Townsend on March 13, 1881". HistoryLink.org. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
5. Hodgkin, Frank E; J. J. Galvin (1882). Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon. p. 185.

External links

• Santiam Academy in Lebanon, Oregon, 1936, Oregon Historic Photograph Collections, Salem Public Library
• Guide to the Santiam Academy Student Manuscripts, 1865-1869