Seminary Square
Seminary Square is a park in Madison, Illinois. Seminary Square is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper Alton Historic District, as well as near Milton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alton Military Prison and Clark Bridge.
Alton Military Prison
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
The Alton Military Prison was a prison located in Alton, Illinois, built in 1833 as the first state penitentiary in Illinois and closed in 1857. During the American Civil War, the prison was reopened in 1862 to accommodate the growing population of Confederate prisoners of war and ceased to be prison at the end of the war in 1865.
Clark Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Illinois2011, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Clark Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Mississippi River between West Alton, Missouri and Alton, Illinois, United States. Named after explorer William Clark like the bridge it replaced, the bridge opened in 1994.
McPike Mansion
McPike Mansion, or Mount Lookout, is a mansion in Alton, which is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton and East Alton.
Alton
Photo: ksablan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alton is a charming river town in Illinois just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. Once a blue collar town of heavy manufacturing, Alton has transformed itself into a tourist destination and wedding and reception resort of the Midwest.
East Alton
Village
East Alton is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2020 census, down from 6,301 in 2010. East Alton is situated 3½ miles east of Seminary Square.
Godfrey
Town
Godfrey is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,825 at the 2020 census. Godfrey is located within the River Bend portion of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. Godfrey is situated 4½ miles north of Seminary Square.
Seminary Square
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Madison, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.89255° or 38° 53′ 33″ northLongitude
-90.179° or 90° 10′ 44″ westElevation
541 feet (165 metres)Open location code
86CFVRVC+2COpenStreetMap ID
node 354258304OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4249695
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