Bishop Scott Academy

Bishop Scott Academy was a school located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Affiliated with the Episcopal Church, the school was named for the Reverend Thomas Fielding Scott. The school opened in 1870 to educate young men in good citizenship and prepare them to enter the ministry. Later a military department was added to the school before closing in 1904. The academy traces its roots to the Trinity School for Boys that was established in 1856 by Scott. This grammar school remained in operation until 1865. In 1870, the Bishop Scott Grammar School was organized, but was unaffiliated with the earlier school. The cornerstone for the school was laid down on July 5 by Bishop B. Wistar Morris on land donated by Captain George H. Flanders and...