Editing Mount Morris, Illinois (section)

==History==
Mt. Morris is home of the [[Illinois Freedom Bell]], which is located in the town square. The area that is now the town square used to be the campus of one of Illinois' first institutes of higher learning, [[Mount Morris College]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} It was first a Methodist school and was later affiliated with the [[Church of the Brethren]]. The college closed due to hard economic times.  The village's old Junior High School, while undergoing demolition, caught fire and burned forcing the school district to be merged with the Oregon School District in 1993.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}   On February 12, 2004, the Rahn Elementary School was lost to fire. This resulted in the reorganization of the Oregon School District. The former Oregon city elementary and middle schools were merged into a single elementary school. The Mt. Morris  Highschool has since been used as the middle school for the district. The town is also home of a very large group of [[lustron]] homes in IL.  These can be located on First street (5 houses), Hannah avenue (3 houses), and Sunset lane (5 houses). The town has a total of 18 lustrons.<ref>The luston house, Tom Fetters</ref>   The houses were built here to meet a shortage of housing for a local printing company.