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| Keywords: Ohio Historical Marker - The Willoughby University of Lake Erie Medical College.jpg en Ohio Historical Marker front back <br> The Willoughby University Of Lake Erie Medical College 1834-1847<br> Willoughby Female Seminary 1847-1856 http //www remarkableohio org/HistoricalMarker aspx historicalMarkerId 393 2012-08-18 own Jbarta 41 638795 -81 407323 Marker transcription <div style width 36em; text-align center; padding 1em 2em 0 2em; margin 1em; border solid 3px bbbbbb; font-family georgia; > <big><big>OHIO</big><br> HISTORICAL MARKER<br> <br> <big>THE WILLOUGHBY UNIVERSITY<br> OF LAKE ERIE MEDICAL COLLEGE<br> 1834-1847<br></big></big> <div style text-align justify; >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 graverobbing 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 </div> <br> <big><big>WILLOUGHBY FEMALE SEMINARY<br> 1847-1856<br></big></big> <div style text-align justify; >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 </div> <br> OHIO BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION<br> THE LONGABERGER COMPANY<br> CITY OF WILLOUGHBY<br> THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br> 1999 <div style text-align right; >8-43</div> </div> cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Historical markers in Ohio Willoughby Ohio Educational institutions established in 1834 | ||||
