California Concordia College
former college in Oakland, California, closed 1973
California Concordia College was a junior college and high school in Oakland, California, United States, from 1906 until 1973. It was affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) and was established for the training of Lutheran pastors and Christian day school teachers.
History
Concordia was established in 1906 as a four-year high school (the "Academy") for boys. Its first building, a house at the corner of East 15th Street and 17th Avenue in Oakland, was dedicated on July 15, 1906, with the first classes in September. Ten students made up the first student body, with Herman Jonas as the first teacher.
In about 1912, the Lutheran Education Association led efforts to buy the site at 6325 Camden Street for a permanent location. The California and Nevada District of the LCMS began a fundraising drive to build the new campus, with the new school being dedicated on April 11, 1915. In 1918, the junior college department was added so that students would not have to transfer to one of the other LCMS colleges upon graduation from high school.
The California and Nevada District relinquished control of the school to the national LCMS in 1921. Thereafter additional buildings were erected.
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