Baldwin University

In 1845, Baldwin Institute was chartered as one of the first schools in the area open to all students regardless of gender, race, or creed. The wealth generated by Berea's sandstone and grindstone industries allowed John Baldwin to found the school. Ten years later, officials rechartered it and renamed it Baldwin University. By the 1880's, expanding quarries began to encroach on the university's original campus, forcing its relocation. In 1891, ground was broken for a new campus at the corner of Front Street and Bagley Road. Recitation Hall, later renamed Wheeler Hall, was the first new building, followed by the Philura Gould Baldwin Memorial Library in 1894. In 1905, with funding from the Carnegie Foundation, Ladies Hall, later renamed Carnegie Hall, was moved stone by stone to the new campus to serve as the science building. In 1913, Baldwin University merged with German-Wallace College to become Baldwin-Wallace College.

Berea, Ohio · United States