The Bullock School Established, 1821. Pennsylvania Military College begins as a Quaker boarding school for boys. Established by John Bullock in Wilmington, Delaware, the school remains at this location until 1862.
Robert Wetherill & Co. Building, 1872. Brothers Robert and Richard Wetherill begin to manufacture Corliss steam engines at their shop at 6th and Upland Streets. Large stationary steam engines enable manufacturers to run more complicated...
The School Moves to Pennsylvania, 1862. The school is uncomfortable with Delaware’s pro-slavery stance and moves to the former Bolmar Academy building in West Chester. The name is changed to Pennsylvania Military Academy. Pictured here is the...
Henry Thomason was the Valedictorian of his P.M.A. class of 1879. He was trained as a doctor and served in the US Military. In 1898, he enlisted in the Spanish American War as Major and Surgeon in the Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He served as an...
These images adorned PMA stationary, commencement brochures and catalogs in the 1800s. One image includes the school's motto "Virtue, Liberty and Independence." PMC used this motto as well.
This project features photographs, bulletins and documents about the Preparatory School, Dr. Moll's letter about the closing of PMPS in 1956, and a short history from the 1956 Prep School Yearbook.
A View of Chester River by Louise Deshong Woodbridge, 1875. Woodbridge, an artist and pioneering photographer, marries soon after completing this painting and lives with her husband in a large brick home at 14th and Potter Streets. Widener...
