Union Christian College, Merom

Union Christian College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the college building
Location:	3rd and Philip Sts., Merom, Indiana
Coordinates:	39°3′3″N 87°33′53″W
Area:	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built:	1859
Architect:	O.H. Wheelock; G.W. Webster
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	82000076
Added to NRHP:	June 25, 1982

Union Christian College was a small co-educational college located in Merom, Indiana, USA. Founded by the denomination called the Christian Church which eventually merged with the Congregational denomination which later joined with the Evangelical and Reformed Churches to form the United Church of Christ. It was one of the first co-educational colleges that allowed women to take any class that a man could take. Other co-educational colleges would only allow their women to study home economics, nursing, teaching, secretarial, etc. At UCC women could study to be doctors, lawyers, ministers, or home-makers. UCC was wonderfully progressive for its time.

Union Christian College existed from 1859 until it closed its doors in 1924. From 1924 to 1936 the buildings were empty except for the summer months when summer youth conferences (summer camp) took place on the grounds In 1936 the facilities were reopened as the Merom Institute and is now owned by the Indiana-Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ and is known as the Merom Conference Center.