Morningside College
Morningside College in the 1910s. The building on the left is known today as Lewis Hall, while on the right is Charles City Hall.
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| Motto | The Morningside College experience cultivates a passion for life-long learning and a dedication to ethical leadership and civic responsibility |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | December 5, 1894 |
| Affiliation | United Methodist Church |
| Endowment | USD $31.3 million |
| President | John C. Reynders |
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Academic staff
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65 |
| Students | 2,000+ full-time |
| Location |
 Sioux City, Iowa, USA43° 31′ 36.7″ N, 96° 44′ 13.3″ W |
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Urban 100 acres (0.40 km2) |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
| Athletics | Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling |
| Nickname | "Mustangs" |
| Mascot | The Mustangs |
| Affiliations | GPAC |
| Website | www.morningside.edu |
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Morningside College Historic District
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Vine, Morningside, Garretson, Peters, and S. Paxton Aves. and Sioux Trail |
| Coordinates | 42°28′28″N 96°21′42″W / 42.47444°N 96.36167°WCoordinates: 42°28′28″N 96°21′42″W / 42.47444°N 96.36167°W |
| Area | 41 acres (17 ha) |
| Architect | Charles P. Brown |
| Architectural style |
Romanesque Revival Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals |
| NRHP Reference # | 97000387 |
| Added to NRHP | May 14, 1997 |
Morningside College is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church located in Sioux City, Iowa. Founded in 1894 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, Morningside College is a private, four-year, co-educational liberal arts institution. Morningside has 21 buildings on a 68-acre (280,000 m2) campus in Sioux City (area population 143,157 in 2008.). The Morningside College Historic District, which includes most of the campus, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
A group of Sioux City business leaders and Methodist ministers established the University of the Northwest in 1889 to provide educational, cultural and economic growth in the community. The location of the campus was the northern section of the farm of Edwin C. Peters, the founder of the suburb of Morningside. The university was plagued with financial problems, and it became a victim of the financial Panic of 1893. It closed in 1894, the same year that the Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated Morningside College and took over the campus. Charles City College in Charles City, Iowa was a German Methodist college that was absorbed into Morningside College in 1914.
Part of the campus has been set aside as a nationally recognized historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. At the time of its nomination it contained 26 resources, which included nine contributing buildings, one contributing site, five contributing objects, nine non-contributing buildings, and one non-contributing object. The focus of the district is a broad hilltop that overlooks the Missouri River valley. Charles City College Hall (1890), Lewis Hall (1900), the Vice President's House (pre-1914), Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (1914), Lillian Dimmitt House (1921), Dimmitt Residence Hall (1926), Jones Hall of Science (1948), Alice Gymnasium (1949), Roadman Hall (1953), and O'Donoghue Observatory (1953) are the contributing buildings. The contributing objects are The Spoonholder (1908), a curved cement bench with footpad and backrest; Class of 1922 Sundial; and the three Harmony Lane Lampposts. Bass Field, used for athletics, is the contributing site. This is the largest concentration of educational buildings in Sioux City, and it also contains some of the best examples of Richardsonian Romanesque, Italianate, and Moderne architecture in the city. The district is also inextricably linked to the Morningside neighborhood, which was developed as a streetcar suburb. When the University of the Northwest was being developed there was a conscious effort to pattern it and the neighborhood after Northwestern University and Evanston, Illinois.
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