Ohio inventions and firsts · Achievement · 1870
Wilmington College opens, a Quaker college in Clinton County
Quakers bought the half-built Franklin College building and 33 acres in 1870 and opened Wilmington College. Its first class of four graduated in 1875, and students built Marble Hall by themselves in 1950.
At a glance
- Year
- 1870
- Company
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Place
- Wilmington, Clinton County ZIP 45177 · Wilmington · Clinton County
Why it matters
A long-lived Quaker college that grew out of a college begun by three brothers in 1863.
Sources
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