Urban Military Academy

Urban Military Academy

Urban Military Academy was a boarding and day school in Hollywood, California, for boys between the ages of six and fifteen, founded in 1905 by Mary McDonnell [ [http://www.squareone.org/HPS/ Hollywood Professional School page] ] (on Melrose Avenue at Wilcox; it later moved to 11600 Beverly Blvd.) and at the time it opened "the only private school for boys in the City." [ [http://dancingbadger.com/hadams.htm Hank Adams letter] ] Its commandant was Major Harry Lee Black, who in 1928 helped found Black-Foxe Military Institute on Urban's original site.

Among its well-known students were Jackie Coogan‎, John Coleman Burroughs, and John Meredyth Lucas.

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