Arcadia College, located in

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, was founded by Rev. J.C. Berryman in 1843. The institution was associated with the

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. Berryman then sold the institution in 1858 and it closed in 1861. The buildings were used as

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for Union soldiers before reverting to Berryman in 1863. He returned for a few years and tried to restart the institution. The college then went through several owners and a four-story brick building was erected in 1870. Arcadia College closed in 1877. The building was acquired by Order of the Ursulines for Ursuline Academy/College. The school closed in 1971. The Lewis Lecture Series at

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is named for a former chair of A&M's English Department who served as president of Arcadia from 1870 to 1873. The Nostalgic Place Bed & Breakfast operates on the former campus

Historic district

Ursuline Academy-Arcadia College Historic District is a national

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listed on the

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in 1998. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, four contributing structures, and one contributing object associated with Arcadia College. It developed between about 1889 and 1948 and includes representative examples of

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and

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture, in rea ...

style architecture. They include a large brick chapel (1909); three-story, T-shaped administration building (1918); four-story classroom and dining hall (1914); three-story nun's house (1922); a large two-story priest residence (c. 1902); three-story brick laundry building (1889); carriage shed (1907);

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nasium (1930);

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(1910); and stone

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, stone bridge, and gateposts. (includes 24 photographs from 1998)

References

*Burke, Colin B. ''American Collegiate Populations''. 1982. *Conard, ed. ''Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri'', vol. I. 1901. p. 53.

External links

* Defunct private universities and colleges in Missouri Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Romanesque Revival architecture in Missouri Tudor Revival architecture in Missouri Universities and colleges established in 1843 Educational institutions disestablished in 1877 1843 establishments in Missouri 1877 disestablishments in Missouri Buildings and structures in Iron County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Iron County, Missouri {{Missouri-university-stub