Batavia Institute - Batavia, Illinois
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BruceS
N 41° 50.681 W 088° 18.978
16T E 390721 N 4633369
Historic former school and then women's sanitorium located in Batavia, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WMXK7
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2006
Views: 13
The central part of this building was constructed 1853-1854 of locally quarried limestone. The building is in a Greek Revival style. The building original purpose was to serve as a private school building, Batavia Institute. That the time public schools were not available locally at the high school level. The school operated for 10 years until new public school laws lessened the need for such a school. For a short time the building was rented to the public schools.
In 1867 the building and grounds were sold and became a women's sanitarium which was called Bellevue Place. The sanitarium operated until July 1965. The most notable of the sanitarium patients was Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of President Abraham Lincoln, who was a patient in the summer of 1875.
In the 1960's the building was converted to a treatment facility for troubled adolescent girls. Now the building has is used as an apartment building.
Street address:
333 S. Jefferson St.
Batavia, Illinois
County / Borough / Parish: Kane County
Year listed: 1976
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event - Social History, Education
Periods of significance: 1850-1874
Historic function: Education, Health Care, Religion
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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