Milwaukee-Downer "Quad" - Milwaukee, WI
N 43° 04.655 W 087° 52.718
16T E 428474 N 4769804
The Milwaukee Female Seminary was founded in 1848. In 1895 it merged with the Wisconsin Female College to become the Milwaukee-Downer College. They moved to this site in 1899. This college is located at 2512 E. Hartford Ave in Milwaukee, WI.
Waymark Code: WM598C
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 11/30/2008
Views: 6
The marker reads:
"MILWAUKEE-DOWNER COLLEGE
On September 14, 1848, Mrs. William L. Parsons, the wife of a Congregational minister, opened the Milwaukee Female Seminary at the corner of Milwaukee and East Wells. Three years later it was chartered by the Legislature, thus placing Wisconsin in the vanguard of education at a time when colleges for women were almost unknown. A new building was erected at 1120 North Milwaukee Street.
In 1855 the Wisconsin Female College, later named Downer College, was chartered at Fox Lake. Both Schools experienced financial difficulties until they merged to become Milwaukee-Downer College in 1895. The two institutions combined their resources and moved in 1899 to this site which became a new campus of forty wooded acres.
When the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee purchased this campus in 1964, Milwaukee-Downer moved to Appleton to join Lawrence College and now is part of Lawrence University.
ERECTED 1965"
Street address:
2512 E. Hartford Ave.
Milwaukee, WI USA
53211
County / Borough / Parish: Milwaukee
Year listed: 1974
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering: Architect, builder, or engineer: Eschweiler,Alexander C.: Style: Gothic, Other
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Historic function: Education:College
Current function: Education:College
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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