The Willoughby University of Lake Erie Medical College 1834-1847

The Willoughby University of Lake Erie Medical College 1834-1847 (HMTDG)

Location: Willoughby, OH 44094 Lake County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 38.319', W 81° 24.44'

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Willoughby Female Seminary 1847-1856

Side A: The Willoughby University of Lake Erie, Medical College, 1834-1847
The village of Chagrin, founded in 1798, changed its name in 1834 to honor Dr. Westel Willoughby, a pioneer medical educator. That same year, the Willoughby University of Lake Erie was chartered, and the Willoughby Medical College opened its doors, signaling the beginning of medical education in northern Ohio. The Medical College trained 160 doctors, educated in contemporary methods of medicine, anatomy, chemistry, and surgery. Financial struggles and public outcry against grave-robbing — which supplied cadavers for anatomy classes — hampered the college's development. The movement of faculty to Cleveland and the transfer of the state charter to Columbus hastened the demise of the Medical College in 1847, and laid the foundation for the establishment of the medical schools of Case Western and Ohio State universities.
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Side B: Willoughby Female Seminary, 1847-1856
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The Willoughby University of Lake Erie also pioneered higher education for women in Ohio. The Willoughby Female Seminary, patterned after Mount Holyoke in Massachusetts, offered a three-year course in mathematics, music, art, ancient and modern languages, and philosophy. The Female Seminary opened in 1847 at the vacated medical building and proved far more popular than its predecessor, enrolling 100 students its first year. The women's college prospered until a fire destroyed its imposing three-story brick building in 1856. Painesville citizens were more successful than those of Willoughby in raising funds for rebuilding the school, and opened the Lake Erie Female Seminary, now known as Lake Erie College, in 1859.
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HM NumberHMTDG
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number8-43
Year Placed1999
Placed ByOhio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, City of Willoughby, and The Ohio Historical Society
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Date Added Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 2:38am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 466075 N 4609737
Decimal Degrees41.63865000, -81.40733333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 38.319', W 81° 24.44'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 38' 19.14" N, 81° 24' 26.40" W
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Area Code(s)440, 216
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 38132-38198 Euclid Ave, Willoughby OH 44094, US
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