Edgecliff College

Private Catholic women's college in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. (1935-1980)

United States historic place


Edgecliff
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Site of the house
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Architect	Samuel Hannaford^[1]
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	80003050
Added to NRHP	March 3, 1980

United States historic place


Edgecliff Area Historic Group
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Site of the district
39°7′16″N 84°29′2″W / 39.12111°N 84.48389°W / 39.12111; -84.48389
Area	30 acres (120,000 m²)
Built	1870
Architect	Hannaford, Samuel
Architectural style	Romanesque, Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	77001063^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 11, 1977

Edgecliff College was a private Catholic women's college located in Cincinnati. It was founded in 1935 and merged with Xavier University, also of Cincinnati, in 1980.

History

The college was founded as Our Lady of Cincinnati College by the Sisters of Mercy, a Roman Catholic religious institute. The college was designed to serve as a replacement for the College of Sacred Heart in Clifton, which had ceased operations. The campus was located on a hill in the Walnut Hills section of the city, which offered students views of northern Kentucky and the Ohio River.

Edgecliff received its accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission in 1955. A liberal arts college, a variety of programs of study were offered, including majors in music, art, social work, and nursing. In 1969, the name was changed to Edgecliff College. A year later, the first male students were admitted, making the college fully coeducational.

In the late 1970s, Edgecliff developed an articulation agreement with the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, which allowed CCMS students to receive their Bachelor's degree at Edgecliff after receiving their diploma and Associate's degree from CCMS. By 1979, the CCMS campus had moved onto the Edgecliff campus, though the two colleges continued to operate as separate institutions.

Following financial struggles, Edgecliff officially merged with Xavier University on July 1, 1980.^[2] The final Edgecliff class graduated in 1984. All student records are now held by Xavier, and services for the more than 3,500 living alumni are organized through the university. Xavier's Alumni Hall was renamed Edgecliff Hall in honor of the college. Edgecliff Hall has since become the home of Xavier's Department of Music and Theatre.^[3]

In 1986, Xavier closed the Edgecliff campus and sold it to a private developer. The developer wanted to build two condominium towers on the cliff overlooking the Ohio River, but ultimately built only the first 23-story tower and gave the rest of the hillside to the Cincinnati Hillside Trust. The University of Cincinnati bought all of the rest of the land and the academic buildings from the developer, renovated the buildings added an academic building, and moved its College of Applied Science to the location in 1988 from its historic home at the Emery Building (Walnut and Central Parkway).

In 1977, several of the buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture, and the Edgecliff House itself was individually granted the same designation in 1980;^[1] it has since been demolished.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Fortin, p. 295.
^ Fortin, p. 358.

Sources

Fortin, Roger (2006). To See Great Wonders: A History of Xavier University 1831-2006. University of Scranton Press. ISBN 1-58966-152-4.

External links

Edgecliff Alumni Association
Higher Learning Commission: Edgecliff College^{[permanent dead link]}
Xavier University

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v t e National Register of Historic Places properties included in the Samuel Hannaford and Sons Thematic Resources of Hamilton County, Ohio
Alms and Doepke Dry Goods Company Balch House Brittany Apartment Building A. E. Burckhardt House C. H. Burroughs House Calvary Episcopal Church John Church Company Building Cincinnati City Hall Cincinnati Music Hall Cincinnati Observatory Building Cincinnati Work House and Hospital College Hill Town Hall George B. Cox House Cummins School Cuvier Press Club H. W. Derby Building A. M. Detmer House Eden Park Stand Pipe Eden Park Station No. 7 Edgecliff Eighteenth District School Elsinore Arch Episcopal Church of the Resurrection Walter Field House First German Methodist Episcopal Church First Universalist Church Samuel Hannaford House Hooper Building George Hummel House Krippendorf-Dittman Company Lombardy Apartment Building S. C. Mayer House Charles A. Miller House Richard H. Mitchell House Morrison House Northside United Methodist Church Ohio National Guard Armory Our Lady of Mercy High School Palace Hotel Phoenix Club Police Station No. 5 Henry Powell House Probasco Fountain Ransley Apartment Building Charles B. Russell House Sacred Heart Academy St. George Parish and Newman Center William Salway House Saxony Apartment Building George Scott House Spring Grove Cemetery Chapel Capt. Stone House Walnut Hills United Presbyterian Church Westwood United Methodist Church Winton Place Methodist Episcopal Church Mary A. Wolfe House Wyoming Presbyterian Church

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati

v t e Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Bishop	Edward Fenwick
Archbishops	John Baptist Purcell William Henry Elder Henry K. Moeller John T. McNicholas Karl Joseph Alter Paul Francis Leibold Joseph Bernardin Daniel Edward Pilarczyk Dennis Marion Schnurr
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v t e Churches in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains
Parishes	Cincinnati Church of the Annunciation Immaculata Church Old St. Mary's Church St. Aloysius on the Ohio St. Francis De Sales Church Saint Francis Seraph Church St. Francis Xavier Church St. Lawrence Church St. Pius X Church St. Rose Church Dayton Holy Cross Church Sacred Heart Church St. Adalbert Church St. Mary's Church Springfield St. Joseph's Church St. Raphael's Church Other Immaculate Conception Church, Botkins St. Aloysius Church, Carthagena Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Cassella Immaculate Conception Church, Celina Precious Blood Church, Chickasaw Our Lady of Victory Church, Delhi Township St. Joseph's Church, Egypt Holy Family Church, Frenchtown St. John's Church, Fryburg St. Patrick's Church, Glynwood St. John the Baptist Church, Maria Stein Sacred Heart Church, McCartyville St. Michael's Church, Mechanicsburg St. Augustine's Church, Minster St. Louis Church, North Star St. Nicholas Church, Osgood St. Anthony's Church, Padua St. Remy's Church, Russia St. Henry's Church, St. Henry Holy Rosary Church, St. Marys St. Rose's Church, St. Rose St. Sebastian's Church, Sebastian St. Joseph's Church, Wapakoneta
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v t e Education in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Higher education	Chatfield College University of Dayton Edgecliff College Mount St. Joseph University Xavier University
Seminary	Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West
High schools	Cincinnati DePaul Cristo Rey High School Elder High School La Salle High School Mercy McAuley High School Archbishop McNicholas High School Purcell Marian High School Seton High School St. Ursula Academy St. Xavier High School Summit Country Day School Ursuline Academy Dayton Carroll High School Chaminade Julienne High School Other Archbishop Alter High School, Kettering Father Stephen T. Badin High School, Hamilton Catholic Central School, Springfield Bishop Fenwick High School, Franklin Lehman Catholic High School, Sidney Moeller High School, Kenwood Mount Notre Dame High School, Reading Royalmont Academy, Mason Roger Bacon High School, St. Bernard St. Rita School for the Deaf, Evendale

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Auxiliary bishops	Sylvester Horton Rosecrans Joseph H. Albers George John Rehring Paul Francis Leibold Edward A. McCarthy Nicholas Elko Daniel Edward Pilarczyk James Henry Garland Carl K. Moeddel Joseph R. Binzer
Priests	John Martin Henni Edward Fitzgerald Clarence George Issenmann Henry Damian Juncker Joshua Maria Young John Baptist Lamy James Frederick Wood John Henry Luers Caspar Henry Borgess Richard Gilmour John Quinlan Augustus Toebbe Joseph Gregory Dwenger Henry Richter Francis Beckman Urban John Vehr Francis Augustine Thill Anthony John King Mussio John Joseph Kaising Robert Daniel Conlon Michael William Warfel Earl K. Fernandes

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v t e Xavier University
Located in: Cincinnati, Ohio
Life	Xavier Newswire Xavier University MBA Program St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati) Edgecliff College Alumni Center
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Founded: 1831