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Oxford Female Institute is a registered historic building in Oxford, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Oxford Female Institute was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, and its first president was John Witherspoon Scott.
22 de ago. de 2017 · 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 Institute.
El Oxford Community Arts Center es un edificio histórico que fue sede del Oxford Female Institute desde 1849 y del Oxford College for Women en 1906. El padre de Caroline, el reverendo John Witherspoon Scott, dirigió y enseñó en el colegio, y la propia Caroline se graduó en 1852.
Caroline Harrison. Caroline Scott was born in Oxford, Ohio, on October 1, 1832 to educator Mary Neal Scott and John Witherspoon Scott, a Presbyterian minister and president of Oxford Female Institute. Caroline, or “Carrie,” studied languages, music, and drawing at the institute, graduating in 1852.
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison (Oxford, 1 de octubre de 1832-Washington D. C., 25 de octubre de 1892) fue una profesora de música, quien además fue la esposa del presidente Benjamin Harrison y primera dama de los Estados Unidos de 1889 a 1892.
A bronze statue of Harrison was placed in the Oxford Community Arts Center garden in 2018, the site previously being the location of the Oxford Female Institute. Harrison was celebrated in her day as a model of domestic life for proficiently managing the White House.
The original Oxford Female Institute building was used by the College from the 1880s until its closure in 1928, when Miami University converted it into a residence hall. It still stands today, and is used as a Community Arts Center.
