Oneida Stake Academy
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Oneida Stake Academy
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The building at its new location in 2010
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| Location | 90 E. Oneida St., Preston, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1890 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 75000630[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 21, 1975 |
The Oneida Stake Academy was a secondary school operated by the Oneida Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1888-1922. The academy building was constructed in Preston, Idaho in 1895, after the stake headquarters moved from Franklin, Idaho in 1889.[2]
Among its alumni were Ezra Taft Benson and Harold B. Lee both of whom later served as presidents of the church.[3] Medal of Honor recipients Leonard Brostrom and Junior Van Noy also attended this school.
Following the emergence of the LDS seminaries and better-equipped public schools, the LDS Church decided to close its system of secondary academies. In 1922 the Oneida Stake Academy was dissolved, although the public school system would continue to use the building until 1990.[2]
In 2003 the old Academy building was moved using funds raised by the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation to a new site called Benson Park that had been donated by the LDS Church.[3]
References
External links
- Oneida Stake Academy - official site
- 1888 establishments in Idaho Territory
- 1895 establishments in Idaho
- 1922 disestablishments in the United States
- Defunct schools in Idaho
- Educational institutions established in 1888
- Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Idaho
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
- National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Idaho
