Xenia College

Xenia College
Black and white photo of a school building with trees, a horse and buggy in the foreground
Xenia Female College
Location
Map
Xenia, Ohio

United States
Coordinates39°41′16″N 83°55′28″W / 39.68784°N 83.92437°W / 39.68784; -83.92437
Information
Former name
  • Xenia Female Academy
  • Xenia Female Seminary and Collegiate Institute
  • Xenia Female College
Typetuition-based boarding school
Religious affiliation(s)Methodist Episcopal Church
Established1850
Closedlate 1880s
Gender
  • Girls' school
  • Co-educational
(varied)

Xenia College (earlier names: Xenia Female Academy, Xenia Female Seminary and Collegiate Institute, Xenia Female College) was an American educational institution located in Xenia, Ohio. Established as a private school, its management shifted after a couple of years to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Changing its name frequently during the first few years of its existence made it difficult to follow its career. Starting as the Xenia Female Academy in 1850, it became the Xenia Female Seminary and Collegiate Institute in 1854, the Xenia Female College in 1856, and Xenia College in 1863, continuing under the latter designation until it closed its doors in the latter part of the 1880s.[1]

The Xenia Female Academy was incorporated on March 22, 1850, Thomas C. Wright and eleven others being the incorporators. There were nine trustees. This was a stock company, with shares at US$50 each, real property not to exceed US$20,000, and capital stock valued at US$25 each. The curriculum and purpose of the institution was set forth as "arts and sciences and all necessary and useful branches of a thorough and useful education such as may be taught in the best female colleges and academies".[2]

At an elevation of 961 feet (293 m) MSL,[3] this institution occupied a commanding eminence in the city of Xenia, and was accessible by railroads from all parts of Ohio. The grounds were ample for exercise, and were sufficiently shaded with forest trees and shrubbery. The buildings were commodious and well furnished, and from their situation, pupils had the fresh air, quietness and scenery of the country, with the privileges of the city.[4]

  1. ^ Broadstone, Michael A. (1918). History of Greene County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Vol. 1. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen. pp. 454–58. OCLC 1011924429 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Miller, Edward Alanson (1920). The History of Educational Legislation in Ohio from 1803 to 1850, Issue 13. University of Chicago. p. 143. OCLC 2107359.
  3. ^ "Xenia Female Academy (historical), OH". www.topoquest.com. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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