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Old University of Chicago. Coordinates: 41.8317°N 87.6114°W. The Old University of Chicago was the legal name given in 1890 to the defunct school previously named "University of Chicago". The school, founded in 1856 by Baptist church leaders, was called the "University of Chicago" (or, interchangeably, "Chicago University").
- 1856–1886
- Baptist
- Galusha Anderson (last full president)
- Private
The University of Chicago was an entirely new university founded in 1891, using the same name as a defunct school founded in the 1850s which closed in 1886. See Old University of Chicago. Supporters of a new university raised money, selected a new campus in Hyde Park, and opened its doors in 1890.
What became known as the Old University of Chicago had been founded by a small group of Baptist educators in 1856 through a land endowment from Senator Stephen A. Douglas. After a fire, it closed in 1886. Alumni from the Old University of Chicago are recognized as alumni of the present University of Chicago.
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- "Let knowledge grow from more to more; and so be human life enriched"
- A. Paul Alivisatos
25 apr 2019 · Old University of Chicago, demolished, 1890. University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf2-05366, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. When work began to reincorporate the University of Chicago, the founders decided to to move the University to Hyde Park.
The first, or “Old,” University of Chicago was established in 1857 by Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas as a Baptist mission school. Though not himself a Baptist, Douglas was willing to support an institution of higher learning that could promote the cultural and commercial growth of Chicago.
Records, 1856-1890. Drawing from document on the naming of Douglas Hall. The first University of Chicago, a Baptist school, was incorporated in 1857 on land donated by Senator Stephen A. Douglas. The University closed in 1886 due to financial difficulties.
La Old University of Chicago era il nome legale dato nel 1890 alla prima incorporazione dell'Università di Chicago . La scuola, fondata nel 1856 dai leader della chiesa battista , era originariamente chiamata "Università di Chicago" (o, in modo intercambiabile, "Università di Chicago").
