Western College for Women

Western College for Women
Clawson Hall on the Western Campus of Miami University
TypeWomen's College
Active1855–1974
Location
Oxford
,
Ohio
,
United States

39°30′14″N 84°43′40″W / 39.5038889°N 84.7277778°W / 39.5038889; -84.7277778
Western Female Seminary
Western College for Women is located in Ohio
Western College for Women
LocationUS 27 and OH 73, Western College, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Area107 acres (43 ha)
Built1861 (1861) to 1972 (1972)
Architectural styleRomanesque, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.09000083[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1979

Western College for Women, known at other times as Western Female Seminary and simply Western College, was a women's and later coed liberal arts college in Oxford, Ohio, between 1855 and 1974. Initially a seminary, it was the host of orientation sessions for the Freedom Summer in 1964. It was absorbed by Miami University in 1974 after dwindling finances. Now known as the Western Campus of Miami University, it was designated a U.S. Historic district known as the Western Female Seminary Historic District in 1979.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.