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Miami University's main campus is in Oxford, Ohio; the city is in the Miami Valley in southwestern Ohio about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Cincinnati and 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Dayton. Oxford is a college town, with over 70% of the residents attending college or graduate school. [31]
Upham Hall is an academic building on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio, United States. It is located in the center of campus in the academic quad near the university’s seal. [2] Miami University was founded in 1809 and the first class graduated in 1824. [3]
Elliott and Stoddard Halls are the two oldest remaining buildings on Miami University's Oxford Ohio campus today. Built in 1825 (Elliott) and 1836 (Stoddard), they were designed in the Federal style and modeled after Connecticut Hall at Yale University.
Kumler Chapel is a building of architectural interest located on the Western Campus for Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.It was built in 1917-18 for what was then the Western College for Women by the architect Thomas Hastings, in a "Transitional Gothic" style with both Gothic and Romanesque influences.
McGuffey Hall is an academic building at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. McGuffey Hall is home to Miami University's College of Education, Health and Society. The hall was named after William Holmes McGuffey, father of the McGuffey Readers textbook series. McGuffey Hall housed the School of Education (known as the "Ohio State Normal College ...
The statue was given to the university in 1920 by Samuel Spahr Laws, Miami class of 1848. Alumni Hall is also attributed as the inspiration behind Marian Boyd Havighurst's 1934 mystery novel, Murder in the Stacks and sequences from the film Little Man Tate , directed and starring Jodie Foster , were filmed within the rotunda for Alumni Hall.
Hoyt Hall is located on the western campus of Miami University in Oxford, OH. Currently Hoyt houses the Career Planning and Placement Office and IT Services. Originally built and used as a library for the Western College for Women, replacing Alumnae Hall. It was converted into a hall in 1981, when Miami Trustees deemed it Hoyt Hall and the ...
The Shriver Center, located at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, was first opened as the University Center in 1958.Later it was renamed as the Phillip R. Shriver Center, and provided space for not just the student body at the university, but also for faculty, staff and the greater Oxford community.