Union Christian College, Merom


Union Christian College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the college building
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Location	3rd and Philip Sts., Merom, Indiana
Coordinates	39°3′3″N 87°33′53″W / 39.05083°N 87.56472°W / 39.05083; -87.56472Coordinates: 39°3′3″N 87°33′53″W / 39.05083°N 87.56472°W / 39.05083; -87.56472
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1859
Architect	O.H. Wheelock; G.W. Webster
NRHP Reference #	82000076 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1982

Union Christian College was a small co-educational college located in Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana. Founded by the denomination called the Christian Church which eventually merged with the Congregational denomination which later joined with the Evangelical and Reformed Churches to form the United Church of Christ. It was one of the first co-educational colleges that allowed women to take any class that a man could take. Other co-educational colleges would only allow their women to study home economics, nursing, teaching, secretarial, etc. At UCC women could study to be doctors, lawyers, ministers, or home-makers. UCC was very progressive for its time. One of its most notable alumni was James M. Hamilton (class of 1890), who became the third president of Montana State University, serving from 1904 to 1919.^[2]^[3]

Union Christian College existed from 1859 until it closed its doors in 1924. From 1924 to 1936 the buildings were empty except for the summer months when summer youth conferences (summer camp) took place on the grounds In 1936 the facilities were reopened as the Merom Institute and is now owned by the Indiana-Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ and is known as the Merom Conference Center.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Burlingame, Merrill G., ed. "Introduction." In From Wilderness to Statehood. By James M. Hamilton. Portland, Ore.: Binfords & Mort, 1957, p. vii-x.
1 2 "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Paul A. Gettinger (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Union Christian College" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs

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