Lost Sons of Lenox College
by American Landscapes
Title
Lost Sons of Lenox College
Artist
American Landscapes
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Lenox College located in Hopkinton, Iowa operated from 1859 until its closure in 1944. The institution was initially known as Bowen Collegiate Institute, but the name was changed to Lenox Collegiate Institute in 1864 and to Lenox College in 1884. Several buildings that were part of the former college campus are on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the Delaware County Historical Museum Complex.
It was noted to have a Princeton atmosphere from the Ivy League schools in the Northeast, but at a much more affordable cost. J.M. McKean, who had become the institute's president in 1863, and 91 of the college's 92 students enlisted to fight for the Union causing the school to close temporarily. McKean and 27 of those students didn't return.
This monument was erected in 1865, making it one of the oldest monuments dedicated to the American Civil War in the United States.
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