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More visions coming into focus for former MacMurray College campus Samantha McDaniel Ogletree, Journal Courier March 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Months after much of the former MacMurray College campus was sold at auction, some of the plans for the closed school are starting to come into focus.Journal-Courier More plans are in the works for the buildings that were recently sold on the former MacMurray College campus, as the new owners take over responsibility for their purchases. The MacMurray College Board of Trustees received just over $1.5 million from the auction of the 18 parcels last year following the school’s closing. Since then, several of the buildings have found purpose for their new owners, while others are being developed or in the process of being discussed for zoning by the Jacksonville City Council. ....
2 small colleges were only a mile apart. Only 1 survived. David Jesse, Detroit Free Press Published 9:39 pm UTC Feb. 13, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Ill. – The steeple stretches into the sky, towering above the trees just beginning to show fall colors. Around the chapel are other buildings fronted by columns that stretch two stories up, with ornamental arches and crests atop doorways. These are the halls where students once slept, ate and studied for decade upon decade. But the steeple of Annie Merner Chapel, like leather seats in an old car parked in the sun, has cracks. The paint on the chapel is peeling. The woodwork needs repair. Students no longer cross the threshold to pray, worship or get married. ....
Apartments, events hall projects could breathe new life into former MacMurray campus FacebookTwitterEmail The Jacksonville Plan Commission is being asked to approve a zone change that would allow Annie Merner Chapel on the campus of the shuttered MacMurray College to be used as a special events hall.Journal-Courier Part of the shuttered MacMurray College could see new life through separate projects to bring an events facility and multi-family housing to the former campus. The college closed in May. Property at the 174-year-old institution was auctioned Nov. 12 after being divided into 18 tracts. The auction brought in about $1.35 million. Jacksonville businessman Mike Hayes, owner of Hayes Properties, was the top bidder for a tract that included one of MacMurray’s best-known buildings, Annie Merner Chapel, and the neighboring McClelland Dining Hall. ....