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Oberlin North Main St. and West College St. Photograph
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Title
Oberlin
North
Main
St
. and
West
College
St
.
Photograph
Subject
Architecture
Education
Cityscapes
Fire engines & equipment
Banks
Horses
Carts & wagons
Stores & shops
Taverns (Inns)
Place
Oberlin (Ohio)
Lorain County (Ohio)
Description
This
image
of
North
Main
Street
shows
a
horse-drawn
fire
wagon
rounding
the
corner
to
West
College
(lower
left)
. The
building
with the
lowered
awning
is
Citizens
National
Bank
,
which
later
housed
the
offices
of the
Oberlin
Review
.
All
of the
buildings
shown
here were
removed
to
make
way
for
construction
of the
Oberlin
Inn
in
1955
. The
photograph
is
8
"
x
10
"
(20.3
x
25.4
cm)
.
It
is
part
of an
extensive
collection
of
photographs
of
Oberlin
and
Oberlin
College
at the
Oberlin
College
Archives
.
John
Jay
Shipherd
settled
Oberlin
in
1833
.
Shipherd
, a
pastor
at the
First
Presbyterian
Church
in
Elyria
, was
discouraged
by his
congregation's
disregard
for his
insistence
on
abstinence
from
alcoholic
beverages
and
strict
adherence
to
religious
doctrine
.
Along
with his
friend
Philo
P
.
Stewart
,
Shipherd
purchased
the
land
to the
southwest
of
Elyria
from its
Connecticut
owners
to
start
a
school
where
his
religious
ideals
could
be
realized
. They
named
the
community
Oberlin
after
minister
John
Frederic
Oberlin
. The
Collegiate
Institute
established
by
Shipherd
and
Stewart
had
financial
difficulties
until
Shipherd
invited
the
anti-slavery
radicals
from
Lane
Seminary
to the
school
. With them
came
the
hiring
of
revivalist
minister
Asa
Mahan
as
President
,
theologian
Charles
G
.
Finney
as
head
of
theological
department
, and a
generous
promise
of
financial
support
from
New
York
merchants
Arthur
and
Lewis
Tappan
. The
Institute
was
divided
,
however
,
over
the
condition
that the
school
must
allow
the
admission
of
African-American
students
. A
5-4
decision
by the
Board
of
Trustees
accepted
the
Lane
Radicals
'
proposal
to
admit
African
Americans
.
Oberlin
then
became
known
as an
abolitionist
stronghold
. In
1837
it
conquered
another
barrier
by
offering
A.B
.
degrees
to
women
.
Date of Original
1903
circa
Collection
Oberlin
Photograph
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Record Group 32, Photographs
Submitting Institution
Oberlin College Archives
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om168_585677_026.tif
Image Height
1925
Image Width
2744
File Size
1400.804 KB
Format
picture
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