Arcadia College, located in Arcadia, Missouri

Arcadia, Missouri

Arcadia is a city in Iron County, Missouri, United States. The population was 567 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Arcadia is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

, United States

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

Methodist Episcopal Church

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

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 for Union

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 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.

External links

• The grounds now are used by the Arcadia Academy Bed & Breakfast http://www.arcadiaacademy.com/
• Lewis Lecture Series at Texas A&M
  Texas A&M University
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  , named for a former chair of A&M's English Department who served as president of Arcadia from 1870-1873. http://clla.tamu.edu/departmentsunits/dept/engl
• List of Other Missouri Colleges that have Closed or Changed Their Names http://www2.westminster-mo.edu/wc_users/homepages/staff/brownr/MissouriCC.htm