Marissa Academy - Marissa, IL, USA
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N 38° 14.448 W 089° 45.288
16S E 258906 N 4236121
Marissa Academy is located on Main Street in the Marissa City Park.
Waymark Code: WM3M7J
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2008
Views: 4
From the The Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society website:
Before the Marissa Academy began in the fall of 1886, education in Marissa, IL was limited to the elementary school grades. The community and church leaders felt that there was a need for a secondary education and thus the Marissa Academy, a tuition school, was organized in 1886. Upon graduation the students who attended this Academy were admitted to Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL without taking entrance examinations. Classes were held in various facilities until 1891 when construction of the Marissa Academy Building was started. Classes began in this facility that fall.
This building is one of only a few left from that time period in Illinois. It was designed as a multi-purpose two-classroom building with a stage. As part of the community Bicentennial project in 1975, the Marissa Academy Building was extensively restored.
In 1976 the St. Clair County, Illinois, Historical Society recognized the Academy Building as a unique architectural structure and awarded it their "Landmark" plaque.
The Southern Illinois Tourism Council recognized the Academy Building as a unique tourist attraction because of the Genealogical Library and in 1979 placed the facility on their tourism brochures for St. Clair County, Illinois.
Address:
610 S. Main St
Marissa, IL USA
62257
Web Site: [Web Link]
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