Oxford in Butler County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling" / Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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1. Side A - Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling"
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Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling", also, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. . , Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling" , Home of Two Miami University Presidents
Built by “Old Miami” University President Robert L. Stanton, D.D. (1810-1885) as his private home and president’s office, Stanton’s 1868 Italianate house faced University Square, and welcomed students and guests. The house retains its original symmetrical façade, enclosed portal, grand staircase, double parlors, parlor doors, marbleized slate mantels, and triangular bay windows. Stanton served as president from 1866-1871. Stanton’s son, Robert Brewster Stanton, MU ’71, famed civil engineer, lived here as an undergraduate. His Miami mentor, mathematics professor Robert W. McFarland (1825-1910), purchased the house in 1873. McFarland rented it while distinguishing himself at Ohio State University during Miami’s twelve-year closure, and then resided here while first president of "New Miami" (1885-1888) and until his death. McFarland’s daughter Frances and her husband Llewellyn Bonham sold the home to Miami in 1940.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) and Miami University
On November 9, 1870, woman suffrage activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented her lecture “Our Girls” in the chapel of “Old Main” where Harrison Hall stands today. She urged her audience to enlist “fathers, husbands, and brothers” in the cause of women’s rights as human rights. Stanton made the first public demand for woman’s right to vote at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention in New York, which she had helped to organize. Frederick Douglass spoke there in support of Stanton’s resolution. Stanton’s closest ally Susan B. Anthony joined the cause in 1851. Their fifty-one year collaboration proved essential to ratification in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment, which finally granted women the right to vote. In Oxford, Stanton was the guest of her brother-in-law, Miami University President Robert L. Stanton, D.D. . This historical marker was erected in 2015 by League of Women Voters of Oxford, W. E. Smith Family Charitable Trust, and The Ohio History Connection. It is in Oxford in Butler County Ohio
Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling"
Home of Two Miami University Presidents
Built by “Old Miami” University President Robert L. Stanton, D.D. (1810-1885) as his private home and president’s office, Stanton’s 1868 Italianate house faced University Square, and welcomed students and guests. The house retains its original symmetrical façade, enclosed portal, grand staircase, double parlors, parlor doors, marbleized slate mantels, and triangular bay windows. Stanton served as president from 1866-1871. Stanton’s son, Robert Brewster Stanton, MU ’71, famed civil engineer, lived here as an undergraduate. His Miami mentor, mathematics professor Robert W. McFarland (1825-1910), purchased the house in 1873. McFarland rented it while distinguishing himself at Ohio State University during Miami’s twelve-year closure, and then resided here while first president of "New Miami" (1885-1888) and until his death. McFarland’s daughter Frances and her husband Llewellyn Bonham sold the home to Miami in 1940.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) and Miami University
On November 9, 1870, woman suffrage activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented her lecture “Our Girls” in the chapel of “Old Main” where Harrison Hall stands today. She urged her audience to enlist “fathers, husbands, and brothers” in the
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cause of women’s rights as human rights. Stanton made the first public demand for woman’s right to vote at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention in New York, which she had helped to organize. Frederick Douglass spoke there in support of Stanton’s resolution. Stanton’s closest ally Susan B. Anthony joined the cause in 1851. Their fifty-one year collaboration proved essential to ratification in 1920 of the Nineteenth Amendment, which finally granted women the right to vote. In Oxford, Stanton was the guest of her brother-in-law, Miami University President Robert L. Stanton, D.D.
Erected 2015 by League of Women Voters of Oxford, W. E. Smith Family Charitable Trust, and The Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 35- 9.)
Location. 39° 30.43′ N, 84° 44.193′ W. Marker is in Oxford, Ohio, in Butler County. Marker is at the intersection of East Spring Street and Oak Street, on the left when traveling west on East Spring Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 351 E Spring Street, Oxford OH 45056, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . 1. Robert L. Stanton. (Submitted on October 2, 2019, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.) 2. Robert Brewster Stanton. (Submitted on October 2, 2019, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.)
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, July 16, 2018
3. Side A - Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling"
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, July 16, 2018
4. Side B - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, July 16, 2018
5. Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling" and Marker
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, July 16, 2018
6. Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling", Home of Two Miami University Presidents
Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2019. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 243 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 18, 2018, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
