Washington College (California)

In 1883 the college transitioned to a sectarian coeducational institution of higher education, under the auspices of the Disciples of Christ, and offered both preparatory and college-level courses until it closed in 1894.

After a fire in 1899, this was in turn succeeded in 1900 by a military school for boys, Anderson Academy, which operated until the outbreak of World War I. Washington College was founded in 1871 on a small hummock donated by E.L.

Courses were given in bookkeeping, calligraphy, commercial letter writing, Latin, Greek, and advanced English.

By its third year of operation, it had an enrollment of 130 students from all over the state, only some of whom lived on campus in an impressive dorm, women on the first floor and men on the second, with a gymnasium for group exercise.

In August 1883, under a lease agreement with Curtner, the college opened as an institution of higher education under the auspices of the Disciples of Christ, with J. Durham, Mr. Pollard, and J. H. McCollough as early leaders.

"[8] By the 1890s it offered classical, scientific, Biblical, and artistic courses both at college level and in preparation for university entry.

[10] Washington College was described in the 1939 Federal Writers Project Guide to California as "one of the State's pioneers in industrial education".

[14] The main building burned down on the morning of July 4, 1899; since Ingar Ingram was seriously ill, the school did not reopen.