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Stonewall Jackson Training School

Anna Massey, Savannah McClure, Allison Cheswick,

Roger Verastegui, MacLean Holbrook

Fig. 1 (Cannonamericanurbex


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Overview

● Stonewall Jackson School’s history, funding, and architectural signific

● Purpose of the school● Old School vs. New School (Academics, Appearance, & Abuse)

● School’s impact on WWII

● Personal Accounts

● Future of the Stonewall Jackson School

● Mr. Miller interview, former Director of Stonewall Jackson from 1978


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History

● Established and opened in 1909

● A petty theft started the school

● Named after Stonewall Jackson

● Started by James P. Cook

○ Editor of the Concord Tribune

● Mary Anna Jackson

○ Donated money to acquire the land for the school

● Mr. Peter Brown (current director)Fig. 2 (A photograph of James P. Cook


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Purpose of the School, Why boys were sen

● During the early 1900’s, young boys were being sent to jail with adults

petty crimes

● The Center was created to put troubled boys onto the right path in life

● 80% property damage

● 20% other crimes

Figure.3 (“The Boy Murderer”. Source: Pintere


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How was the Original School Funded?

● Donations from the citizens of Concord for the land

● King’s Daughters and the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Club

great amount of money

● King’s Daughters contributed funds for a chapel and established a libra

● Mrs. Mary Anna Jackson contributed money towards electrical installa

● Mr. Ceasar Cone provided overalls for the boys until his death in 1917● Mr. J.B. Sherril of Concord gave the school its first printing press

● Five cottages were donated by county commissioners from Guilford, D

Rockingham, and Gaston

● Numerous gifts and donations were given by citizens in and out of the


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Stonewall Jackson Chapel Stonewall Chapel

Fig. 4 (Source: Anna Massey.

Fig. 3. (Source: americanurbex.com)

Chapel Renovated in 1997 after 15 Years of Neglect


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Mr. Ceasar Cone

● Provided the school with

denim overalls for the boysuntil his death (1917)

● White Oak Mill○ Second largest cotton mill in

the South

○ Largest manufacturing plant

in the world

Boys In Class Wearing Cone’s Denim

Fig. 5 (Students at Stonewall Jackson,: “Juvenile Offendeto Concord, 1909. )


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Objectives of Original School Academics

● Inspire boys with an ambition

● Help the boys master as much subject matter as possible

● Develop good traits of character

● Promote good standards of social adjustment

● Cultivate a better appreciation of good books and wholesome literature

● Inform the boys on current events

● Promote a sense of responsibility


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Original Classroom Elements of Good Tea

● Know each boy individually

● Have counseling for each boy

● Wise use of time in worthwhile activities

● Stress thoroughness of work done by the boys

● Teach music and fine arts

● Keep all rooms neat, clean, and attractive

● Have well-planned devotional periods and assembly programs

● Teacher should be well-informed, a wise leader, and inspire the boys


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What Do The Boys Do?

Then

● Attend school one half of the day

● Work other half of the day

● 12 months of school

● Different programs to increase self-

esteem and develop talents● Goal: Equip the school so that it

may meet the state’s requirements

for standardized schools

Now

● Very similar to a pub

● No more labor work

● Recreation time

● Therapy time

● Goal: Have the boys community college o


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Fig. 6 (Source: Anna MApr. 2016).


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Louis H. Asbury

● North Carolina architect based in Charlotte

● Designed many of Stonewall’s buildings● Designed the Stonewall Jackson buildings over a

span of 20 years

● Colonial Revival Style

● Designed many important buildings in the Charlotte

area● Largest project of Louis H. Asbury

Fig. 7 ( Louis Asbur

Louis H.


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Why is Stonewall A Historical Landmark?

● North Carolina’s first juvenile correctional facility● Possesses statewide architectural significance

● Cabarrus County’s most unified and impressive architectural groupin

● Mr. Miller, 1984 registered as national landmark


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Stonewall Jackson Chapel

Fig. 8 (Stonewall Jackson Chapel, Source: hm3corpsman.blogspot.com)

Cannon House

Fig. 9 (Cannon House, Source: d.lib.ncsu

Asbury’s Designs


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Cannon House

Fig. 10, 11, 12 (Source: An


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Stonewall Jackson School Today


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An inside look on Stonewall Jackson today…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9edRfJ4jSig

● Past Donations● Communities change in support

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9edRfJ4jSighttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9edRfJ4jSig


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What is Abuse?

● Abuse in most detention centers

● Brought in head of protective sevices to

talk about what abuse was

● Mr. Miller had specific cases where he

had to terminate employees

The Uplift Magazine

● What it was? What did it include?

● A cover up?● Used to give boys with great writing

skills something to do

● Said if they were not going to go to

college, they should still be a part of

doing something important

Fig. 14 (Stonewall Jackson Manual

School (Concord, N.C.). Source

https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Stonewall+Jackson+Manual+Training+and+Industrial+School+%28Concord%2C+N.C.%29%22https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Stonewall+Jackson+Manual+Training+and+Industrial+School+%28Concord%2C+N.C.%29%22


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Stories


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Awesome


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Great


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Abuse


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Beat, Beate

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Jerry Moore● 1963-64

●Most Active Blogger● Found in the Uplift Book


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Johnny D.● 1961-1963

● Cigarettes

● Nightmares


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Waitsel Beard● 1964

● “I witnessed some of the cruelest brutality

that would be unbelievable to the public.”● Pastor


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Former Students in WWII

● A good amount of the boys went on to enlist in the armed services afte

released from the detention center. Specifically during the 1940’s a ma

the Army and Navy during World War II, with a few going into the M

Coast Guard

● The hundreds of students that served in the war are viewed very highly

back at the detention center

G h f F St d t


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Graph of Former StudentsEnrolled in the Military

Fig 15 (Source

Apr. 2016.)

386 former students served in

the Army, 216 in the Navy, 43

in the Marine corps, and 3 in the

Coast Guard


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What are the Boys Doing Today?

● 80% of the youth discharged went back to school, went to work, o

something productive, while 20% went on to be detained at other ○ Prior to 1970’s, 50-60% of the kids released were then recharged with an offe

first year of being discharged

● After being discharged, the individuals were followed by their Juv

Counselor for at least one year○ Home Visits

○ Family Conferences

● Many are sharing their stories and personal experiences through b

social media pages


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Future of the Stonewall Jackson Scho

Mr. Miller:

“ I don’t think those facilities will ever be used again for the purpose t

built for. The buildings are too old, too deteriorated, too expensive to

very functional for proper supervision, etc. I suspect in the best cas

building could be preserved for historical purposes and made into a m

even that is improbable with budgetary constraints and possible lack

think that eventually the property will be sold by the State of North

developed or kept and used by the state to be used for another purpos

don’t know what the plan is for the facilities and grounds a


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Conclusion

● Jobs

● Academics have slowly increased● Appearance

○ Original School vs. New School

● Positive Changes

○ Abuse

○ Resources

○ Getting the kids back into the community or sending them to college

● Why should we care?

○ Are we really doing our best to help the detained youth?

○ We need to take responsibility of the detained youth and offer them guidance and su

to protect society

Citations


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Citations

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AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL." Atlas Obscura. Web.

Godown, Leon. Record of Paroled Boys: The Story of Work Accomplished on the Modern “road to Jericho”. Concord, N.C: Stonewall J

School, 1938.

Hawfield, S.G. Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School. Concord, NC: Boys of the Printing Department, 1946. Print

Miller, Carl. “Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center Interview.” Telephone Interview. 21 Apr. 2016.

"North Carolina Miscellany." North Carolina Miscellany. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2016.

Biennial Report of the Superintendent of the Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School to the Governor and the Board o

Biennium Ending. Concord, N.C: The School, 1900. Print.

Tomberlin, Jason. "Stonewall Jackson Training School." North Carolina Miscellany. 27 May 2010. Web. 11 Mar. 2016.

Creamer, Eden. "Inside the Shadowland." Niner Times. N.p., 28 Oct. 2014. Web. 29 Feb. 2016.

Unknown. "Stonewall Jackson Training School." Stopping Points. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2016.

"Juvenile Detention Center Opening at Stonewall Jackson." The Independent Tribune. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.

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