State Seminary of Indiana Historic Marker

Seminary Square Park, also known as the Seminary Park, is a historic

public park An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and oth ...

located at Bloomington,

Monroe County, Indiana Monroe County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1910 the United States Census Bureau, US Census Bureau calculated the nation's mean center of U.S. population, mean population center to lie in Monroe County. The ...

. It was established in 1816 by an Act of Congress as the original site of Indiana Seminary, a preparatory school that by 1838 became

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

. The first building was erected on the site in 1824, and it remained the school campus until Indiana University moved to its new campus in 1883. The Old College building, built in 1854, remained in use as a school until destroyed by fire in 1967. The site was subsequently established as a public park in 1975. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1977.

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Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana 1816 establishments in Indiana 1975 establishments in Indiana Buildings and structures in Bloomington, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana {{MonroeCountyIN-NRHP-stub