The Merging of Milwaukee-Downer and Lawrence Colleges

The Merging of Milwaukee-Downer and Lawrence Colleges (HM1GPV)

Location: Appleton, WI 54911 Outagamie County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 15.698', W 88° 23.752'

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Lawrence University, chartered on January 15, 1847, was the first college in Wisconsin founded as a coeducational institution. Preparatory classes began in 1849; college classes began in 1853. The first collegiate class of seven students - four men and three women - graduated in 1857.


Milwaukee College was founded as a women college in 1851 under the guidance of Catharine Beecher. The Wisconsin Female College, later renamed Downer College for Judge Jason Downer, was founded at Fox Lake in 1854. These two colleges merged in Milwaukee in 1895 to form Milwaukee-Downer College.


The Milwaukee-Downer campus was purchased by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 1964, and Milwaukee-Downer College consolidated with Lawrence College, as it was then known. Milwaukee-Downer and Lawrence colleges thus combined to form today Lawrence University.
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HM NumberHM1GPV
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Year Placed2014
Placed ByWisconsin Historical Society
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Date Added Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 at 10:48am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 388580 N 4901879
Decimal Degrees44.26163333, -88.39586667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 15.698', W 88° 23.752'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 15' 41.88" N, 88° 23' 45.12" W
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Area Code(s)920
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 701-799 E College Ave, Appleton WI 54911, US
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