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The modern campus of Washington & Jefferson College is located in the City of Washington and the East Washington Borough, small-town communities about 30 miles (48 km) south of Pittsburgh. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The 60-acre (0.24 km 2 ) campus is home to more than 40 academic, administrative, recreational, and residential buildings. [ 1 ]
The college seal displays two brick towers, with one labeled "1802," representing Jefferson College, and the other labeled "1806," representing Washington College. [183] The union of the two colleges is represented by a bridge between the two towers, with Roman numerals reading 1865, the year of union. [ 183 ]
CUF is bordered by the neighborhoods of Clifton, the University of Cincinnati, Mount Auburn, Over-the-Rhine, and Camp Washington. University Heights occupies the northern area of CUF, and is separated from Fairview and Clifton Heights by Straight Street. Fairview occupies the south-west corner and Clifton Heights the south-east corner of CUF.
The city of Cincinnati annexed Clifton in 1893. [8] The University of Cincinnati relocated to Burnet Woods Park. Today the university is located in Clifton Heights, University Heights, Avondale, and Corryville, neighborhoods that surround Clifton. This entire area is often generically (and incorrectly) referred to as "Clifton" despite being ...
Old Main is the main academic building at Washington & Jefferson College. [1] [2] [3] It is the predominant building on campus and has served virtually every student since its construction. [2] [4] Its two identical towers, added in 1875, symbolize the union of Washington College and Jefferson College to form Washington & Jefferson College. [5]
The Howard J. Burnett Center, also known as The Burnett Center, [5] is an academic building on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College. This building, named after former President Howard J. Burnett, was completed in 2001 at a cost of $12.8 million. It houses the Departments of Economics and Business, Modern Languages, and Education.
Washington & Jefferson College is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania, which is located in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries to the American frontier in the 1780s: John McMillan , Thaddeus Dod ...
McMillan Hall is a building on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. Built in 1793, it is the only surviving building from Washington Academy. [ 1 ] It is the eighth-oldest academic building in the United States that is still in use for its original academic purpose [ 2 ] and is the oldest ...