Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School
| Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School Civil War Orphans' Home' | |
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The main building around the year 1908. It was erected 1869 in Victorian Romanesque style and razed in 1961. | |
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| Coordinates | 40°31′18″N 88°58′40″W / 40.5217°N 88.9777°W |
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| Established | 1865 |
| Founder | State of Illinois |
| Closed | 1979 |
| Campus type | Small city |
The Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School (also known as ISSCS), founded by the State of Illinois as Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home (ISOH) for orphans of the Civil War, was a children's home located in Normal from 1865 until 1979.