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Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States.The population was 23,035 at the 2020 census. [6] A college town, Oxford was founded as a home for Miami University and lies in the southwestern portion of Ohio, approximately 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Cincinnati, 14 miles (23 km) of Hamilton and 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Dayton.
Bristol is an unincorporated community in southern Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio, United States. [1] It lies along State Route 93 at its intersection with Marietta Road and Township Road 223. It is located 4 miles (6 kilometers) south of New Lexington , the county seat of Perry County.
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.
The building is named for the Fry family who donated land and funds to the university at its founding in 1909, when Lewis Fry was Chairman of the College Council. [3] [4] The Fry family was prominent in England, especially Bristol, in the Society of Friends, and as J. S. Fry & Sons in the confectionery business in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries.
The University of Bristol is a red brick Russell Group research university in Bristol, England. [8] It received its royal charter in 1909, [ 9 ] although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers ' school founded in 1595 and University College, Bristol , which had been in existence since 1876. [ 10 ]
Langstroth Cottage is a historic building on the Western College campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.It was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 22, 1976. . The cottage, built in 1856, is now the home for the Oxford office of the Butler County Regional Transit Author
The name Wills Hall reflects the university's connection with the Wills family. The fortune made by their famous tobacco empire, W. D. & H. O. Wills and later Imperial Tobacco, enabled Henry Overton Wills III to fund the university's foundation in 1908 with a pledge of £100,000 and he financed many of its finest buildings, such as the Wills Memorial Building.
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 ...