FIRST - College owned by The Methodist Church South - near Caldonia, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 37° 46.672 W 090° 46.559
15S E 695862 N 4183498
Cairn monument to remember it's existence.
Waymark Code: WMWDYK
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2017
Views: 1
County of cairn: Washington County
Location of cairn: MO 21 & MO C, Caldonia
Date memorial erected: 1930
Memorial Designed by: Dr. Burt W. Loomis
Constructed by: Lyman Sadler
Text on cairn:
BELLEVUE COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTE
1867 --- 1902
First College owned by
St. Louis Conference of
THE METHODIST CHURCH
SOUTH
Bell for the former Bellevue Collegiate Institute which was the first college owned by the St. Louis Conference of the Methodist Church South and operated 1867-1902. The bell is located north of Caledonia across road from Methodist Cemetery.
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