Description: A side view of Hinkle Hall from Victory Parkway. Bishop Edward Fenick established the college called Athenaeum in 1831. Later in 1840, it was renamed is St. Xavier college. Xavier University is the sixth oldest Catholic university in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_012_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio); College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamiltion County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Student Union Building The “Union”, originally called the Student Union Building on the campus of the University of Cincinnati is a large Georgian Colonial structure with a tall clock tower and was built in 1937. It’s four column Greek Revival façade faces McMicken Hall. Student activities take place in this building, and originally had a restaurant called the Great Hall, a student’s co-op book store, recreation rooms, and business quarters. In 1965, the building was expanded, adding a south wing and bridge, at the cost of $3 million dollars. A third of this money was donated by Mrs. Walter Tangeman and in honor of her gift, the entire facility was named Donald Core Tangeman, who had been killed in action during World War II. Starting in 2001, the facility was moderized, during which time, the south wing and bridge were leveled to make way for a new south wing, and the north wing completely renovated. The south wing reopened in 2003 and the north wing in 2004. About half of the new Tangeman University Center remains visible from the outside. The building’s iconic clock tower rises through a glass roof, supported by 90 feet of web-like structural pieces. The new building remains a center of the student communities activities, with a food hall, the Catskeller game room, a 200 seat movie theater, and breakout rooms. University of Cincinnati In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. Local benefactors such as Dr. Daniel Drake and William Lytle of the Lytle family suggested and funded these institutions. In 1870, the estate of Charles McMicken willed funds to the City of Cincinnati to establish the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College. While the Medical College of Ohio was loosely affiliated with UC from about 1896, it joined with a splinter medical school, Miami Medical College, to form the Ohio-Miami Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati in 1909. UC would again add another independent organization to its roster of colleges when it absorbed the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1962. UC became a "municipally-sponsored, state-affiliated" institution in 1968. During this time, UC was the second-oldest and second-largest municipal university in the country. It became one of Ohio's state universities in 1977. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_007_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati; Education; Universities and colleges; Buildings; College campuses--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamiltion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads; "Stadium, U.C. of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1936." In 1902, the first game was played on Carson Field, named after Arch Carson. In 1936, the field was lowered twelve feet, to expand capacity to 24,000. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_008_1
Subjects: University of Cincinnati. Bearcats (Football team); University of Cincinnati; College athletics
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamiltion County (Ohio)