Cleveland University

Cleveland University was a short-lived university in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded by Asa Mahan in 1851, the then-recently resigned president of Oberlin College located in nearby Oberlin, Ohio. It is notable for having been the first institution of higher education in the city of Cleveland, and for briefly being a "rival" institution to Oberlin College. Asa Mahan had served as the first president of Oberlin College, but was forced to resign his position in 1850 due to clashes with the faculty. Meanwhile in Cleveland, prominent locals such as governor William Slade, Jr. along with Thyrza Pelton and John Giles Jennings bought up 275 acres (1.11 km) of land from local farmers with the intent of creating a new...