Arcadia College
Arcadia College, located in
Arcadia, Missouri ,United States , was founded by Rev. J.C. Berryman in 1843. The institution was associated with theMethodist Episcopal Church . Berryman then sold the institution in 1858 and it closed in 1861. The buildings were used ashospital 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 byOrder 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, 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]
References
* Burke, Colin B. "American Collegiate Populations". 1982.
* Conard, ed. "Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri", vol. I. 1901. p. 53.
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