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The Macon County Historical Society
was incorporated on  May 26, 1937. It was formed to collect, preserve,
and arrange historical, religious,  scientific, and educational material
relative to the beginning, growth, and  development of Macon County Missouri,
and to establish a repository or library  to make available such information to
the citizens of Macon County.    
In January of 2006, the City of  Macon entered into an  agreement to provide the Blees Annex Building to the  Macon County  Historical Society to become the future Macon County Museum. The  building commonly known  as the "Blees Annex" was actually the  gymnasium of the Blees  Military Academy and was completed in 1900.
The Blees Military  Academy was built by Col. Frederick Wilhem Victor  Blees, and was  considered to be the West Point of the Midwest. The three story  brick building is Romanesque  in style.  R.G. Kirsch was the  architect of the building. The building  was added to the National Register of  Historic Places in 1979. After the  death of Col Blees, it became the
Still-Hildreth Osteopathic Sanatorium. This  was the world's first  osteopathic sanatorium. The National  Guard was the last group to inhabit  the building. The building had not been in  use for several years, and  volunteers have worked hard on interior renovations  to create a grand museum as  well as a genealogy site.  Each town and village, even those that no 
longer exist, but only in memory, are represented.

The Macon County Historical Society is  a  501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations to the Society are  tax-deductible.

Information available through the  Macon  County Historical Society Genealogy   Library: funeral and cemetery records, marriage, school, church, organization, plat map and old probate files, etc.

For information, call 660-651-6814 or the museum 660-395-0266 (leave a message)
For military donations, call 660-349-9134
For genealogy requests, email: mcmoresearch@gmail.com ,  call 660-395-5032 or fill out a research request form


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Museum Hours April-October 

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