300 South Clinton
The Mary Sheldon Ismon House
300 South Clinton
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In the prosperous
times of late-nineteenth century Albion, many social and
fraternal organizations formed, catering to the merchant
class with leisure time. Mary Peabody Sheldon Ismon built
the clubhouse to have a meeting place for men's and women's
social clubs, as well as to shelter the Ladies Library
Association, formed in 1870. One of the social clubs that used the building was the E.L.T. Club (Emitte Lucem Tuum). Organized in 1890, as a reading society, it had a devoted and limited membership of thoughtful-minded women. Based on the study of texts by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the group pursued a goal of mutual improvement and transcendentalism. Another club that occupied the building was the Leisure Hour Club, originally created as a men's smoking and social club, still in existence today, the club now admits women. ** |
**This information is taken from the Superior Street Commercial Historic District National Register of Historic Places nomination form.
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