{"nrhp_refnum":"94001267","name":"Marissa Academy","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"610 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marissa","county":"St. Clair County","state":"IL","lat":38.24080725500005,"lon":-89.75445126699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame, Queen Anne style former school building at 610 South Main Street in the Marissa City Park, Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois, constructed in 1891.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is locally significant under Criterion A for its association with education in Marissa. It housed a private academy that prepared young men and women for college from 1891 until the academy closed in 1900. It is described as one of the last remaining academy buildings in Illinois.","narrative":"Built in 1891 in what is now Marissa City Park, the Marissa Academy is a Queen Anne style school building with a stone foundation, weatherboard siding, a steep cross-gabled wood-shingle roof and a bell tower. Decorative touches include lathe-turned porch posts, filigree woodwork, segmental shingles in the gables and pedimented window caps. Inside, it was designed as a three-room school, with sliding wooden partitions that allowed the space to become one large room with a stage. The academy was founded in 1886 by Rev. Edward E. McKee and local church members to prepare students for college, with ties to Monmouth College. It closed in 1900, and later groups altered the building, enclosing the porch and converting the stage to a kitchen. A 1975-76 community restoration returned its original appearance. Now a museum, it is valued for its link to local secondary education and as one of the last academy buildings in Illinois.","period_of_significance":"1891-1900","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restored in 1975-76 and now used as a museum holding artifacts of the local historical and genealogical society; owned by the village.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.647293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/8941/28894148/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/94001267.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001267/beb9d480a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001267/beb9d480a3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marissa_Academy.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marissa_Academy.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28894148","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Academy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894668"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/st-clair-county/marissa-academy-94001267/"}