Granville Female College

Granville Female College
Type Women's college
Active 1827–1898
Location 314 Broadway E, Granville, Ohio
40°04′05″N 82°30′58″W / 40.0681192°N 82.5159923°W / 40.0681192; -82.5159923Coordinates: 40°04′05″N 82°30′58″W / 40.0681192°N 82.5159923°W / 40.0681192; -82.5159923

The Granville Female College was an American women's college located in Granville, Ohio. It was established as the Granville Academy in 1827, changed its name in 1867, and closed in 1898.

History

The college was founded in 1827 under the name Granville Academy. It was "founded and is held in trust by those who are connected by membership or doctrinal sympathy with the Presbyterian Church, and from the beginning its object has been to afford young women a generous and thorough culture founded upon Christian principles."[1]

The academy moved to a new and more permanent location in 1838. In 1867, the name of the institution was changed from Granville Academy to Granville Female College, and the course of study was enlarged.[2]

In 1896, the college's catalog stated that it was then "the oldest school for the education of young women in the State".[1] The college closed two years later.

In 1923, John Sutphin Jones, a coal and railroad magnate, commissioned the construction of the Granville Inn in the Jacobethan Revival style on the former site of Granville Female College; it is now a local landmark.[3]

Notable alumnae

References

  1. 1 2 Granville Female College Annual Circular and Catalog, 1896.
  2. ↑ Bushnell, Henry (1889). The History of Granville, Licking County, Ohio. Press of Hann & Adair,. p. 247.
  3. ↑ "Granville Inn History". granvilleinn.com. Granville Hospitality LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-02-28.


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