History of the Academy

   

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description - This is a memorial to Augustus Porter Thompson, P. A. Class of 1892 and Augustus Porter Thompson, Jr. P. A. Class of 1928. The senior Thompson was the first sanctuary manager and his son sadly died the year after he graduated from Phillips. Located… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15440 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/thompsonmemorialbench4_802b08a1ef.jpg

description - This is a memorial to Augustus Porter Thompson, P. A. Class of 1892 and Augustus Porter Thompson, Jr. P. A. Class of 1928. The senior Thompson was the first sanctuary manager and his son sadly died the year after he graduated from Phillips. Located… subject - Phillips Academy -- GroundsPhillips Academy -- Bird SanctuaryThompson, Augustus Porter, P.A. 1892Thompson, Augustus Porter, P.A. 1928Cochran, Moncrieff Mitchell relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15439 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/thompsonmemorialbench1_767606a56d.jpg

description - This pond was constructed as a natural habitat for water birds. It was down stream from the pond that later became the Bobby Thompson Pond. A duck house was built on its southeastern shore.

subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds
Phillips Academy -- Bird Sanctuary
Cochran, Moncrieff Mitchell relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15438 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/duckpond3_bdcf611b34.jpg

description - This pond was constructed as a natural habitat for water birds. It was down stream from the pond that later became the Bobby Thompson Pond. A duck house was built on its southeastern shore. This view is from the dam at the north end of the Duck… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15437 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/duckpond1_348c093daf.jpg

description - This pond was made into a swimming hole in 1942 and was named for Robert Torrey Thompson, P. A. Class of 1936, who died in a training accident as a member of the Army Air Corps April 9, 1941. It was called the Bobby Thompson Pond and its sandy beach… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15436 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/bobbythompsonpond4_59ebb02517.jpg

description - This pond was made into a swimming hole in 1942 and was named for Robert Torrey Thompson, P. A. Class of 1936, who died in a training accident as a member of the Army Air Corps April 9, 1941. It was called the Bobby Thompson Pond and its sandy beach… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15435 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/pondconnector_23aa26a97a.jpg

description - This is a memorial to Charles Henry Forbes, a member of the Latin Faculty and acting Headmaster for 1931-1933. Located off the main path but on a nature trail, the stone bench and the concave stone, which often held a puddle of water would provide a… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15434 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/forbesmemorialpathentrance_f73eac7b6f.jpg

description - This is a memorial to Claude Moore Fuess, the tenth Headmaster of the school and a member of the English Faculty. Located off the main path but on a nature trail, the stone bench and the view of the swimming pond and the duck pond has provided a… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15433 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/fuessmemorialpathentrance_83bb6e7d17.jpg

description - The gates were built in 1932 from a design by Stuart Travis. Stuart Travis was an artist whose murals and dioramas appear in several other places around the campus. Built of stone and rusticated lumber. They were originally located near the Chapel… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15432 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/gate2_8b78479c77.jpg

description - The gates were built in 1932 from a design by Stuart Travis. Stuart Travis was an artist whose murals and dioramas appear in several other places around the campus. Built of stone and rusticated lumber. They were originally located near the Chapel… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15431 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/gate1_d59e2ad976.jpg

description - This map was drawn by Richmond Knapp Fletcher, Phillips Academy Class of 1904. It shows the Cochran Bird Sanctuary, which was created for Moncrieff Cochran, Phillips Academy Class of 1900. The map shows the main trails and the sites for some of the… subject - Phillips Academy -- Grounds relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15430 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/bird-sanctuary-map_802d9297f8.jpeg

description - For a few years in the late 1970's Massachusetts lowered the drinking age to 18, which made it legal for Academy students to drink alcohol. The school responded to this by opening the Pub in cooperation with the Inn. Located in the basement of the… subject - Phillips Academy-- Buildings relation - Page 165 Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/15765 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/8593bd90fa73a49edf22f38c9f4e27fe.jpg

description - This is a photograph of the pumper truck and hose truck used by the school's student fire department. subject - Phillips Academy -- Fire Department relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/6321 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpwwwnoblenetorgimageswillisphillipsfirepumper1_ac_e49025c18f.jpg

description - Exterior view of Alumni House, which was the third building owned by the K.O.A. Society on campus. It is located on School Street in Andover. subject - Phillips Academy--Buildings relation - Page [1] Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/7536 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/66bffdef64ec5a78baab98b2b05bd822.jpg

description - This is the modest version of Abbot Academy's seal. In the original version this same Truth was draped with a single breast exposed. Emily Means had first designed the seal with a reverance for classical sculpture. In the 1890's Miss Watson had the… subject - Abbot Academy relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/7594 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/foundingdocuments001_640_520f288499.jpg

description - An example of the seal whose original was created by Paul Revere in silver and was used to mark documents with sealing wax. Non sibi or not for self still drives the school today. subject - Phillips Academy relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/7595 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/foundingdocuments002_640_804a696f5e.jpg