Central Wesleyan College - Warrenton, MO - Universities and Colleges on Waymarking.com

County of site: Warren County
Location of site: MO M & Steinhagen, Warrenton
Built 1871

Steinhagen today was the major hwy in the 1800s and carried the stage coach from Troy (Lincoln County) to Warren County.

Three buildings remain today from the huge campus of the 1870s. The campus then was 932 acres, and spread out under huge trees.
The church building remain and is still an active Methodist church, two other buildings remain, one is now a dance studio and the other was converted into apartments, called Booneslick Manor, since MO hwy M is Booneslick Road.

Here is a link to the archives which shows many building photos and the history of this school.
The school closed in 1941.
Truman Library

During World War I the school sent many boys to war, and they erected a memorial in the Warrenton City Cemetery to honor those who fell: WWI Memorial

Campus map: Marthasville RD is today MO 47 and "Main St. is today's Booneslick Rd. MO M
Central Wesleyan College

"BURNED TO THE GROUND
CENTRAL WESLEYAN COLLEGE DORMITORY DESTROYED BY FIRE -- A PROFESSOR INJURED.
"Warrenton, Mo., June 16. -- At 10 o'clock Thursday night the dormitory of the Central Wesleyan college was found to be on fire. An alarm was promptly sounded but the flames made such headway that in less than an hour the building was in ruins. It was a comparatively new building and cost $14,000. Its contents were valued at about $10,000.
At the time the fire was discovered fully 1,200 people were in the college hall in attendance at the commencement exercises. That a panic did not ensue was due to the presence of mind of the presiding officer, who quietly had the doors locked, separating the hall from the burning portion and allowing the audience to make its exit calmly and safely. Several persons were injured by falling timbers while attempting to extinguish the blaze. The electric lights were shut off to prevent accident, leaving the city in darkness. Prof. KESSLER, professor of theology, fell from the roof of one of the buildings and broke both legs, besides sustaining internal injuries."
~ Logansport Journal Indiana 1893-06-17

And additional information is found on Wikipedia

And complete details of the teachers, faculty the halls, and even disasters from 1864 to 1914 IN this Archive Text

Name: Central Wesleyan College Location/Address: 701 E. Booneslcik Rd. (Main St.) Warrenton, MO USA 63383 Phone Number: none Web Site: [Web Link] Type of School: Undergraduate School (usually four years) School Affiliation: Private -- Christian Protestant Date Founded: October 3, 1864 - Closed in 1941 Enrollment: maximum 676 in the 1930s Nicknames/Mascots: Unknown School Colors: Blue & White School Motto: Unknown Location of GPS Coordinates: College United Methodist Church - about center of campus, see map

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