Northland College
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frankhj
N 46° 34.832 W 090° 52.367
15T E 662982 N 5160750
Quick Description: Northland College Marker on Ellis Ave. in Ashland.
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 8/5/2009 9:26:03 AM
Waymark Code: WM6YBH
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Long Description:North Wisconsin Academy, founded in 1892 by the Congregational
Churches, provided the first high school education available to
young people of the small, isolated lumber camp, sawmill and farm
communities in the area known as the Great Lakes Pinery, but
commonly referred to as "A God-forsaken Waste". It stretched across
the northern third of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
The Academy was to be co-educational, to have a program of
classical studies, to train both mind and character, and to be
geared to the resources of the pioneer families it was intended to
serve.
The laying of the cornerstone of the Academy Building on July
14, 1892, was an historic moment marking the advance of educational
and cultural opportunities into northern Wisconsin.
In 1906 the Academy expanded its program to become Northland
College, and on March 7, 1907, the Academy Building was renamed
Wheeler Hall, a tribute to the Rev. E. P. Wheeler, first president
of the Academy.
This building, diagonally across from this site, is a land mark
of progress to area citizens and a revered spot to every student
who ever attended the Academy or College.