Institute Farm
Opening and Closing
Erected as the Loudoun Cunty Agricultural and Chemical Academy around 1854 on a former portion of US President Monroe's Oak Hill Plantation. Went bankrupt following the Civil War. Now national HS of the National Beagle Club.
Physical and Map Location
22265 Oatlands Road, Aldie, Va. 20105
Petitions
Transportation
Walking was a common method of school transportation even before the creation of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). It’s believed that students who lived within 3 miles of a school could walk from their home to school. The figure at https://edwinwashingtonproject.org/s/ewp/item/31169 shows the location of the school with a circle representing the area from which students could have walked, back and forth from their home to the school. Travel by horse was also used and could have extended the travel distance.
History
The first agricultural school in Virginia and one of the earliest institutions devotred to agromony in the United States.
1863. In June in the leadu to the battle of Gettsburg, an intense cavalry battle was fought in the vicinity of Snickersville Turkpike. Wounded Confederal soldiers were treated and convalesced on the ground.
Went bankrupt in the aftermath of the Civil War.
1916 purchased by National Beagle Club of Boston.
Instructors
Insurance and Physical Description
Over 500 acre. Following acquistion by the National Beagle Club, added log cabins in 1917, known as a Valley Forge surrount, to house the members during annual field trials.