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In 1841 William M. Funk bequeathed $10,000 to establish a seminary. It was chartered by the Legislature and erected here in 1842. In 1844 the Grand Lodge of Ky. assumed control and changed it to Masonic College. In 1852 it changed to Masonic University of Ky. The school reached its height in the next decade. The Civil War disrupted it. It reverted to a high school in 1873. The building burned in 1911.
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La Grange, Kentucky · United States
