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Portrait photograph Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff of Woodstock.

Portrait photograph of Howard J. Benchoff as a young man wearing an MMA uniform.

Colonel Benchoff was an influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock from 1905-1955.

He was the son of Loudon Francis and Martha…

Photograph of Rosalie (Benchoff) Noel as a young girl.

Rosalie was born in Virginia, the daughter of Howard Johnston and Kathryn (Mahon) Benchoff, originally from Pennsylvania. In the 1920 census for Woodstock, she and her family lived on…

Photograph of Rosalie (Benchoff) Noel as a young girl wearing a hat and sitting on a chair.

Rosalie was born in Virginia, the daughter of Howard Johnston and Kathryn (Mahon) Benchoff, originally from Pennsylvania. In the 1920 census for Woodstock,…

Portrait photograph of Barbara Loudoun (Benchoff) Miles as a young girl with a bow in her curly, short hair.

Barbara was a daughter of Guy Benchoff and Ann Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff. She and her three siblings grew up in Woodstock. Both parents…

Portrait photograph of Anna Katharine (Hottel) Benchoff.

This photograph was used in the 1917 Massanutten Academy's yearbook, "Aggelos". She was listed as being the Sponsor of the Senate that year.

Anna Katharine was the daughter of Milton…

Portrait photograph of a Rosalie Keith (Benchoff) Noel as a young woman with short hair.

Rosalie was born in Virginia, the daughter of Howard Johnston and Kathryn (Mahon) Benchoff, originally from Pennsylvania. In the 1920 census for Woodstock,…

Photograph of Howard J. Benchoff with his first wife, Kathryn Leona (Mahon) and four children.

Identified (l to r) are: Rosalie Keith (Benchoff) Noel, Kathryn Mahon Benchoff, Josephine Harbaugh Benchoff (infant), Howard J. Benchoff, Kathryn Leona…

Photograph of Howard J. Benchoff with his first wife, Kathryn Leona (Mahon) and four children.

Identified (l to r) are: Robert Johnston Benchoff, Josephine Harbaugh Benchoff (infant), Kathryn Leona (Mahon) Benchoff, Howard J. Benchoff, Kathryn…

Photograph of the 1923 Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) Football Team posing on the front steps of Lantz Hall.

The cadet on the front row center is holding a football that has “State Champ Virginia ‘23” written on it.

Pictured are, from…

Photograph of the 1927 Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) football team.

Identified are, from left to right:

Front Row:
John J. Cuomo, Dravo Bliss, Emil A. Gathmann, Unidentified, Unidentified

Second Row:
John Crockett, Unidentified,…

Photograph showing the 1926 Massanutten Military Academy football team on the steps of Harrison Hall.

The cadet in the front row, center, is holding a football with the letters "MA" (Massanutten Academy) and the number 26 on it.

Pictured are,…

Music Ensemble at Massanutten Academy
Photograph of a musical ensemble on the stage Lantz Hall at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). The ensemble includes a mixture of MMA cadets, adults, and Woodstock High School students.

Pictured are, from…

Photograph showing a portion of the 1926 football team from Massanutten Military Academy posed on the steps of a campus building.

The cadet on the front row, center is holding a football with the letters "MA" (Massanutten Academy) and the number…

Photograph of the 1926 Massanutten Military Academy baseball team on the steps of Harrison Hall.

The photograph is hand labeled “Morrison Studio” and “1926 MA” by the photographer. It appears in the 1926 Massanutten Academy catalog.

Pictured…

Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) Band.

This picture appeared in the 1927 school yearbook “The Adjutant.” It contains a hand-written caption written on the negative “The Morrison Studio.”
Pictured are, from left to…

Photograph of Massanutten Military cadets seated in their military uniforms.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Front Row:
Unidentified, Earle Bawden, Les Fouts, Willard Reiley, Unidentified

Second Row:
Arthur Payne Morrow, Unidentified,…

Photograph of Colonel Howard J. Benchoff (on left) with an unidentified Army soldier posing on the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) campus with Lantz Hall visible behind them.

Colonel Benchoff was an influential headmaster of MMA from…

Photograph of nineteen unidentified Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets wearing their school uniforms. They are standing on the steps of a school building.

Pictured are:

Ground Level:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified,…

Photograph of twelve Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) cadets wearing their school uniforms.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Front row:
Marshall D. Smith, Ray Harris, Robert J. Benchoff, Willard M. Reiley, Wallace V. Trautman.

Back…

Photograph of the 1924-1925 Massanutten Military Academy football team, their manager, and coach sitting on the steps of Lantz Hall.

Pictured are, from left to right:

Front Row: Edmund Kavanagh, William A. MacDonough, Robert Bauserman, Herbert…

Photograph of a group of unidentified students and instructors standing in a line in front of Lantz Hall, a Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) school building.

This photograph was taken before the academy adapted a military component. Headmaster…

Photo of a framed photograph of the senior class at Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) during the 1926-1927 academic year.

An image of the campus is in the center with the cadets' pictures arranged around it. Each cadet's name is printed beneath…

Portrait photograph of Guy A. Benchoff, a well-known instructor and Commandant of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA), in his school's uniform.

This photograph appears in the 1927 Massanutten Academy yearbook titled: "The Adjutant".

Born in…

Photograph of Howard J. Benchoff with his arm around his young daughter, Rosalie (Benchoff) Noell.

Howard Johnston Benchoff was a well-known and influential headmaster of Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock.

He was the son of…
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