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The abandoned Stonewall Jackson Training School was established by an act of the state legislature in 1907 and opened in 1909 as the first juvenile detention facility in North Carolina. The school was named for Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. It is located three miles from Concord, NC. Established to provide a place for troubled youths that was separate from adult prisoners, this was considered a progressive institution. Its founding was the result of twenty years of organizing by women’s groups in North Carolina. The King’s Daughters (North Carolina) from 1902 on, and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). The North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs (NCFWC) and the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) also participated in campaigning strongly to raise funds and influence the legislature. When the King’s Daughters promised to name the school after General Stonewall Jackson, many Confederate veterans in the legislature finally approved the project, which was authorized in 1907. As a sign of their influence, four women were named to the board of the school. Subscribe Here