Oberlin College
A National Historic Landmark
National Register Number: 66000615
Nomination Form
Location: 70 N. Professor St, City of Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio 44074.
Geographic Coordinates: 41.292920N 82.218576W
Campus Map (.pdf)
Statement of Significance (as of designation - December 21, 1965):
Founded in 1833, Oberlin Collegiate Institute developed into a socially
and politically influential college during the years immediately
preceding the Civil War. Oberlin made the education of Blacks and women
a matter of institutional policy. The admittance of four women in 1837
marked the beginning of coeducation on the collegiate level in the
United States; free Blacks were admitted on the same basis as whites.
Links: Oberlin College, National Park Service, and WikipediA
Looking across Tappan Square at the Memorial Arch and Peters Hall:
Bibbins Hall:
Talcott Hall:
Peters Hall:
Cox Administration Building:
Finney Chapel:
Severance Hall:
Carnegie Building:
Bosworth Hall:
Allen Memorial Art Museum:
