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Brown plaque № 56741

Oxford, OH, United States

Oxford Female Institute. Chartered in 1849, the Institute was the first of three women's colleges established in Oxford. The original brick building was completed in 1850, and forms the core structure. The Reverend John Witherspoon Scott, a member of Miami University's early faculty, headed the Inst

itute. In 1867, the college merged with Oxford Female Institute and later became the Oxford College for Women. Miami University acquired the building in 1928: in 1930 the Daughters of the American Rev

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