Wentworth Military Academy and College
Wentworth Military Academy and College was a private two-year military college and high school in Lexington, Missouri, one of six military junior colleges in the United States. The institution was founded in 1880 and closed in 2017.
Wentworth Military Academy Administration Building
Lexington is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Missouri. The population was 4,726 at the 2010 census. Located in western Missouri, Lexington lies approximately 40 miles (64 km) east of Kansas City and is part of the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. It is the home of the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site, and of the former Wentworth Military Academy and College, which operated from 1880 to 2017.
The Lafayette County Courthouse in Lexington, MO
The Lexington Bridge is over the Missouri River.
A cannonball from the 1861 Battle of Lexington is lodged in the upper left column of the Lafayette County Courthouse.
The Madonna of the Trail monument is on the edge of downtown Lexington, and was dedicated by Harry S. Truman in 1928.