Scarritt College was a private college founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South , in 1878, in Neosho, Missouri .
31-600: The Southwest Missouri Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, founded the school as Neosho Seminary in 1878. The Conference elected a board of trustees for the new seminary and the board bought a brick house to use as a school. In 1880, the name changed to Neosho Collegiate Institute. The school struggled financially, and by 1886 they reported to the Conference that they had $ 12,000 (equivalent to almost $ 384,000 in 2024) in debt. In 1887,
62-512: A cleaner for the school to pay for tuition. During his third year of college, his father became ill and he left school to care for him. The school paid for his final year, and he graduated in 1842 as valedictorian . To pay off student debts, Scarritt worked briefly as a schoolteacher in Waterloo, Illinois until 1845, when he moved to Fayette, Missouri . There, he worked as a teacher and helped establish Howard Female College . For his efforts,
93-530: A learning institution in honor of their deceased son, John Winston Hall. Scarritt College created the endowment by selling the land for about $ 8,000. Over time and with interest, the endowment grew to about $ 14,000. Scarritt College closed in 1909 with the creation of Scarritt-Morrisville College. The Hall family asked the Conference to divert the endowment to a fund to build a memorial church in honor of their son, in Carthage, Missouri . The Conference, which owned
124-559: A manager of the Manhattan Project . Scarritt donated US $ 5,000 (equivalent to about $ 152,000 in 2024) to the Neosho Collegiate Institute sometime between the 1870s and 1890s. They changed their name to Scarritt College in honor. Edwardsville, Illinois Edwardsville is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Illinois , United States. As of the 2020 census , the population
155-527: A mile-long visual landscape. More than 50 historic homes date from the middle 19th century to early 20th century. The protection and preservation of Saint Louis Street is overseen by the Historic Saint Louis Street Association . Five Illinois governors came from Edwardsville: namesake Ninian Edwards, who became a territorial governor in 1809 and later served as governor from 1826 to 1830; Edward Coles , elected in 1822 and
186-487: A model workers' cooperative village called Leclaire . He offered workers fair wages with reasonable working hours and a share of the profits. He named the village in honor of the French economist Edme-Jean Leclaire . The village also provided educational and recreational opportunities and made it financially possible for anyone to own a home. Unlike company towns such as Pullman near Chicago, the welfare and quality of life for
217-471: A revival in Neosho and learned about the school Despite the infusion of money from Scarritt and others, it was struggling again. He asked to be president, and the board agreed. As the school president, Brown added some vocational courses to the curriculum, such as typing and shorthand, but the previous president (J.T. Pritchett), served as the dean and made most of the decision. In 1903, the school closed during
248-733: A smallpox epidemic. Enrollment numbers remained low after it reopened. Brown spent his efforts promoting the school in his evangelical revivals, establishing the Neosho Chautauqua to bring speakers to the campus in the summer, and through the newspapers: he wrote for The Herald , a local weekly newspaper, and later bought the Neosho Free Press and merged the two papers. However, the number of students continued to decline and in January 1905 Brown stepped down. The school never found good financial footing. For example, in 1893
279-402: A state until 1818.) The Edwards Trace , a key trail in the settlement of Central Illinois , used Edwardsville as a northward launching point. In 1868 The Bank of Edwardsville was founded. It was purchased by Champaign, Illinois-based Busey Bank in 2019. In 1890, St. Louis industrialist N.O. Nelson chose a tract of land just south of Edwardsville to build plumbing factories. He also built
310-514: A strong opponent of slavery ; John Reynolds , governor from 1830 to 1834; Thomas Ford , governor from 1842 to 1846; and Charles Deneen , governor from 1909 to 1913. Former president Abraham Lincoln was in Edwardsville twice, as an attorney in the 1814 courthouse and a speaker outside the 1857 courthouse on Sept. 11, 1858. The present county courthouse, a square, four-story neoclassical structure of white marble that rises to six stories at
341-636: Is land and 0.605 square miles (1.57 km ) (or 3%) is water. In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Edwardsville have ranged from a low of 19 °F (−7 °C) in January to a high of 90 °F (32 °C) in July, although a record low of −27 °F (−33 °C) was recorded in January 1977 and a record high of 114 °F (46 °C) was recorded in July 2012. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.99 inches (51 mm) in January to 4.24 inches (108 mm) in May. Climate Zone 4A per
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#1732801655431372-708: The Edwardsville Intelligencer are based here. Edwardsville High School and Metro-East Lutheran High School serve students in the area. Edwardsville also serves as the headquarters for Prairie Farms Dairy , one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the United States and ranked in the top 10 of the largest privately-held companies in the St. Louis region. The city is part of the Edwardsville School District, which also includes
403-672: The National Register of Historic Places . Each year on the third Sunday in October, the Friends of Leclaire host the annual Leclaire Parkfest with food, live heritage music, historic displays & tours, artisans, children's activities, a book sale, and more. In 1983, Edwardsville's historic Saint Louis Street was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Dating back to 1809, this Historic District has
434-688: The University of Missouri awarded him an honorary Master of Arts . Scarritt converted to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South demomination of Christianity in 1848, and began working at the Shawnee Methodist Mission . In 1850, he married Martha Matilda Chick, daughter of William Miles Chick . That same year, he moved out of his home onto a farm to avoid the American Civil War . He left
465-458: The Conference had valued the school at $ 30,000 (equivalent to $ 1,023,000 in 2024). However, by 1909 the school had been effectively closed for several years and the Conference decided to sell its assets and merge the school with another one. During this time, William Edward Hall and his wife Martha Ellen Hall gave 1,600 acres (647.5 ha) of land in Texas to the Conference, to create an endowment for
496-503: The Conference ordered the school board to work with Rev. Nathan Scarritt and two other reverends to liquidate the debt. Nathan Scarritt , D.D., of Kansas City, Missouri was a minister as well as a millionaire real estate developer and banker. He contributed $ 5,000 (equivalent to about $ 152,000 in 2024) to resolve the debt, and two other men provided for a new building. The school's name was changed to honor Scarritt. In 1902, John Elward Brown (later founder of John Brown University ) held
527-657: The International Energy Conservation Code. As of the census of 2020, 26,808 people, 8,814 households, and 5,291 families resided in the city. The population density was 1,549.2 inhabitants per square mile (598.1/km ). There were 8,331 housing units at an average density of 600.6 per square mile (231.9/km ). The city's racial makeup was 87.70% White , 8.66% African American , 1.69% Asian , 0.28% Native American , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 0.29% from other races , and 1.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.00% of
558-677: The Methodist Mission in 1852, and was later appointed by a bishop as an elder of the Kickapoo people . He also worked as a traveling minister for the Delaware , Shawnee and Wyandot tribes —with translations done by Silas Armstrong . Scarritt died on May 22, 1890. His son William Chick Scarritt was a lawyer and owner of the William Chick Scarritt House . Scarritt's granddaughter was Dorothy McKibbin ,
589-422: The average family size was 2.99. The population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 16.0% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males. The city's median household income was $ 50,921, and the median family income
620-527: The back section, was constructed from 1913 to 1915. A 2010 issue of Family Circle magazine named Edwardsville third of their "Top 10 Best Towns for Families". Edwardsville was heavily affected by the tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021 . An Amazon warehouse collapsed after being hit by an EF3 tornado and six workers were killed and many others injured. According to the 2010 census, Edwardsville has an area of 20.165 square miles (52.23 km ), of which 19.56 square miles (50.66 km ) (or 97%)
651-677: The church and school property, agreed. However, some of the Scarritt board of trustee members refused saying that when the money was originally given, the Halls specified that it be used for a learning institution, not a church. In 1915, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled on this dispute (Catron v. Scarritt Collegiate Inst.) , deciding that the endowment fund, which with time and interest was now $ 16,000 (equivalent to about $ 486,000 in 2024) should go to Morrisville-Scarritt College. It
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#1732801655431682-582: The founders of Central Methodist College in 1853 was Rev. Nathan Scarritt. The Neosho School District purchased the property, and in 1916 the empty buildings were razed to make way for a new public high school for the city of Neosho . Scarritt Collegiate Institute was attended by cowboy philosopher and humorist Will Rogers for a single semester in the late 1890s before his transfer to Kemper Military School in Boonville , Missouri . Nathan Scarritt Nathan Scarritt (April 14, 1821 — May 22, 1890)
713-409: The population. There were 10,000 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44, and
744-600: The scene filmed was set in Denver, Colorado , and banners were hung on Edwardsville's Main Street that read, "Welcome to Denver." Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne recorded "Cocaine" and "Shaky Town" in Edwardsville's Holiday Inn Room 124 for his album Running on Empty . The Holiday Inn at 3080 S. Route 157 was torn down and rebuilt as a Comfort Suites . A collection of poetry by Nigerian writer Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún , Edwardsville by Heart (Wisdom's Bottom Press, November 2018),
775-506: The villages of Glen Carbon , Hamel and Moro , as well as the township areas around them. Edwardsville was incorporated in 1818. The first European-American settler was Thomas Kirkpatrick, who came in 1805, laid out a community, and served as the Justice of the Peace. He named the community after his friend Ninian Edwards , then territorial governor of Illinois. (Illinois did not become
806-649: The workers and their families was a major concern. In 1934, the Village of Leclaire was incorporated into the City of Edwardsville. The area has a lake and park, baseball field, and the Edwardsville Children's Museum in the former Rudolph D. Specht memorial schoolhouse. Several Nelson factory buildings were renovated and adapted for use as the historic N. O. Nelson Campus of Lewis and Clark Community College . The recognized Historic District has been listed on
837-472: Was $ 65,555. Males had a median income of $ 47,045 versus $ 29,280 for females. The city's per capita income was $ 26,510. About 5.0% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over. Scenes for the movie The Lucky Ones , starring Tim Robbins and Rachel McAdams , were filmed in downtown Edwardsville in June 2007. However,
868-815: Was 26,808. The city was named in honor of Ninian Edwards , former Governor of the Illinois Territory. Edwardsville is a part of Southern Illinois and the Metro East region within Greater St. Louis , located 18 miles (29 km) northeast of downtown St. Louis . Southern Illinois University Edwardsville , the Edwardsville Arts Center, the Edwardsville Journal , the Madison County Record , and
899-510: Was an American educator, pastor and real estate dealer. Scarritt was born on April 14, 1821, in Edwardsville, Illinois , the seventh of twelve children. His parents, Nathan and Latty, traveled from New Hampshire on wagon. As a child, he worked on a farm in Alton, Illinois , and didn't receive a proper education. At age 16, Scarritt began attending McKendree College , having to work as
930-527: Was based on the time the author spent in Edwardsville for three years as a Fulbright Scholar and student. The book was described by Howard Rambsy II of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as “an artistic map disguised as a volume of poetry”, and by Ainehi Edoro , writing in Brittle Paper , as "a magical meeting place of travelogue, memoir, and poetry." An episode of the TV series House Hunters
961-505: Was used for the president's chair at that school. With the merger in 1909, all of Scarritt College's property was sold and proceeds plus the endowment given to Morrisville College (which had in earlier years been Ebenezer College) in Morrisville, Missouri . The combined school was named Morrisville-Scarritt College. In 1924, Morrisville-Scarritt College merged with Central Methodist College of Fayette, Missouri . Coincidentally, one of