Edgecliff College
Edgecliff | |
Cincinnati, Ohio | |
Architect | Samuel Hannaford[1] |
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Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 80003050 |
Added to NRHP | March 3, 1980 |
Edgecliff Area Historic Group | |
Cincinnati, Ohio | |
Coordinates | 39°7′16″N 84°29′2″W / 39.12111°N 84.48389°W |
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Area | 30 acres (120,000 m2) |
Built | 1870 |
Architect | Hannaford, Samuel |
Architectural style | Romanesque, Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 77001063[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 11, 1977 |
Edgecliff College was a
History
The college was founded as Our Lady of Cincinnati College by the
Edgecliff received its accreditation from the
In the late 1970s, Edgecliff developed an
Following financial struggles, Edgecliff officially
In 1986, Xavier closed the Edgecliff campus and sold it to a private developer. The developer wanted to build two condominium towers on the cliff overlooking the Ohio River, but ultimately built only the first 23-story tower and gave the rest of the hillside to the Cincinnati Hillside Trust. The University of Cincinnati bought all of the rest of the land and the academic buildings from the developer, renovated the buildings added an academic building, and moved its College of Applied Science to the location in 1988 from its historic home at the Emery Building (Walnut and Central Parkway).
In 1977,
See also
- List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in the United States
- List of university and college mergers in the United States
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Fortin, p. 295.
- ^ Fortin, p. 358.
Sources
- Fortin, Roger (2006). To See Great Wonders: A History of Xavier University 1831-2006. University of Scranton Press. ISBN 1-58966-152-4.
Further reading
- "History of CCMS." Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. Accessed February 16, 2008.
- Johnston, John. "Edgecliff finds a home." The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 16, 1999.
- Schier, Tracy. Catholic Women's Colleges in America. 2002.
- Songe, Alice H. American Universities and Colleges: A Dictionary of Name Changes. 1978.