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Historic district in Illinois, United States
United States historic place
The
Upper Alton Historic District
is a historic district located in northeast
Alton
,
Illinois
, in what was once the separate town of Upper Alton. The district includes the campuses of
Shurtleff College
and the
Western Military Academy
as well as the surrounding residential areas. Upper Alton was
platted
in 1817, but it did not grow significantly until the 1830s, when Shurtleff College opened; the college dominated the town for decades, and most of the houses around it were built for the school or its professors. The college's buildings were mainly designed in the
Classical Revival
and
Greek Revival
style, while the houses were designed in the Classical Revival and
Queen Anne
styles. In 1879, the
Western Military Academy
opened in the John Bostwick House; while the house burned in 1903, the academy rebuilt immediately and continued operations. The academy's campus is mainly designed in the
Tudor Revival
style. Shurtleff College closed in 1957 and is now the
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
; the Western Military Academy also closed in 1971.
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The district was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
on May 2, 1978.
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