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Soon after the Civil War ended in 1865, Confederate veteran Charles S. Roller began teaching at the Old Stone Church nearby at Ft. Defiance. By 1874 he had founded Augusta Male Academy and incorporated military discipline into its classical . . . — — Map (db m11900) HM
In 1865, after returning from the Civil War, Professor Charles S. Roller began educating other returning veterans of the Confederacy in a small house near the old stone church. In 1874, Augusta Male Academy was founded in the current museum . . . — — Map (db m162829) HM
This, the oldest Presbyterian house of worship in Virginia, is an eloquent memorial to the liberty-loving, god-fearing Scotch-Irish folk who first settled this part of the valley.
Through their arduous labors the building was completed in 1747 . . . — — Map (db m89111) HM
The Augusta Stone Church, Virginia's oldest Presbyterian church in continuous use west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, opened on 22 Jan. 1749. It replaced a log meetinghouse built shortly after the congregation's founding in 1740. At the outbreak of . . . — — Map (db m155473) HM
In Commemoration
of the visit of
The President of the
United States,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
to the
Augusta Military Academy
October 27, 1960 — — Map (db m162833) HM
Dedicated to
Julian Quarles, '35
for his service to his
country, his commitment
to AMA and honoring the
75th anniversary of his
graduation from AMA. — — Map (db m162830) HM
John Craig, born in County Antrim, Ireland, and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, immigrated to America in 1734. Ordained pastor in 1740 of the two churches known as Augusta Stone and Tinkling Spring, Craig was Virginia's first settled Presbyterian . . . — — Map (db m155472) HM
This 1886 bell was
the school bell for many
years. It was said the
bell could be heard
3 miles away. It was
housed in the bell tower
of the Roller-Robinson
House, now the AMA
Alumni House and
Museum. It was donated
by Sam Clegg, '60 — — Map (db m162831) HM
