In January of 2007, 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 has not been in use for several years, and volunteers are working 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, will be well 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 Circuit Court records, etc. Contact Us for more information. 

Museum Hours-Thursday and Friday 2-4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Other hours by appointment, call 660-395-6754 or 660-395-5135.