John McMillan's Log School
John McMillan's Log School | |
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Canonsburg Middle School | |
Address | 25 East College Street Canonsburg, Pennsylvania |
Town or city | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 40°15′38″N 80°11′11″W / 40.26053°N 80.18632°W |
John McMillan's Log School is a landmark
The school grew into Canonsburg Academy, which eventually developed into Washington & Jefferson College.[5]
The building is rectangular in shape and is 14 feet long.[4]
It was originally located in a field a mile south of Canonsburg.
After McMillan died in 1833, his family continued to operate his farm and used the building as a workshop space.[6] Jefferson College students often made the pilgrimage from Canonsburg to the building.[6] In 1894, the building was offered to Jefferson Academy, which then occupied the former Jefferson College campus.[6] Jefferson Academy closed in 1910 and the maintenance of the building fell to Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Kappa Psi, two fraternities that were founded at Jefferson College.[6] In 1930, the building was adopted by the national officers of Phi Gamma Delta.[3] The original preservation plan called for the college to be protected by a steel and glass canopy.[3] The fraternity agreed to fund the restoration of the building.[3]
In 1940, Phi Gamma Delta attempted to move the building to the campus of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, a plan that caused an uproar from the Canonsburg community.[6] In response, Phi Gamma Delta let the town retake control over the building, which was then placed under the care of a "Log Cabin Association."[6]
In 2004, the Jefferson College Historical Society's Log Cabin Preservation Project Committee decided to restore the building.[6] The renovation project was jointly funded by Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, and the historical society's Log Cabin Fund.[6][7]
Gallery
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An engraving showing the building in its original location
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The building at its original location on the McMillan farm
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The building in its first Canonsburg location on the campus of Jefferson Academy
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The building in its current location, showing the "L" landmark tag and the Canonsburghistorical marker
See also
Media related to John McMillan's Log School at Wikimedia Commons
- Colonial Colleges
References
- ^ a b "INSECT EXPERT DISCOVERS TERMITES ENROLLED IN SCHOOL'S OLD LOG CABIN". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 13, 1991.
- ^ a b c d "Canonsburg's Historical Markers - John McMillan's Log School". Borough of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06.
- ^ a b c d "Pioneer Log College Will Become Shrine". The Pittsburgh Press. June 10, 1930.
- ^ a b c d e f "Marker Details - John McMillan". ExplorePAhistory.com. WITF.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Herron, Jr., James T. (December 2004). "Canonsburg's Log Cabin Preservation Project". Jefferson College Times. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- Observer-Reporter. September 29, 2004.