Historical colleges?

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<p>I’m been searching for colleges, and a very strong factor for me is the history of the campus and architecture. I was wondering if there are any notably historical colleges that are feasible for a less-than-perfect student? Thank you!</p>

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<p>Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville is in the historic district of Georgia’s Antebellum capitol. The centerpiece of the campus is the 1838 Old Governors Mansion. The university is Georgia’s public liberal arts university. Check it out:</p>

<p>Front campus: <a href=“http://www.gcsu.edu/GCSU/studentlife/images/_DSC4963a.jpg[/url]”>http://www.gcsu.edu/GCSU/studentlife/images/_DSC4963a.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Old Governors Mansion: <a href=“http://www.milledgevillecvb.com/includes/images/listings/Old%20Governors%20Mansion.jpg[/url]”>http://www.milledgevillecvb.com/includes/images/listings/Old%20Governors%20Mansion.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Well there are the Ivy universities, rutgers, william and mary. Those are pretty historical.</p>

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<p>Can’t beat Gettysburg College for historic location. It’s also a decent (but rather hard-partying) school…good classics department, and the best (well, only, lol, but still) Civil War Studies department in the nation. That they have it, though, probably implies that their general American history selection is pretty good. Dunno about any of its other programs.</p>

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<p>Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is the oldest college in continuous existence under the same name, west of the Allegheny mountains. It is in northwest PA. It has some lovely older buildings as well as some very nice new ones.</p>

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<p>Year founded</p>

<p>Institution Founded Founding religious affiliation </p>

<p>**Harvard University 1636 **as New College Calvinist (specifically Congregationalist puritans) </p>

<p>**Yale University 1701 ** as Collegiate School Calvinist (Congregationalist) </p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania 1740 as Church and Charity School of Philadelphia[18] Nonsectarian,[19] but founded by Church of England members[20][21] </p>

<p>Princeton University 1746 as College of New Jersey Nonsectarian, but founded by Calvinists (Presbyterians)[22] </p>

<p>Columbia University 1754 as King’s College Church of England </p>

<p>Brown University 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Baptist, but founding charter promises “no religious tests” and “full liberty of conscience”[23] </p>

<p>Dartmouth College 1769 Calvinist (Congregationalist) </p>

<p>Cornell University 1865 Nonsectarian</p>

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<p>**The College of William & Mary **in Virginia (colloquially known as The College of William & Mary, The College, William & Mary, or W&M) is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1693 by a royal charter (by a British letters patent) issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States after Harvard University.</p>

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<p>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (usually referred to as Rutgers University), is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen’s College in 1766 and is the eighth-oldest college in the United States. Rutgers was originally a private university affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church , but evolved into and is presently a nonsectarian, coeducational public research university that makes no religious demands of its students. Rutgers is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities. (The other is the College of William and Mary).</p>

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<p>Bryn Mawr and Mount Holyoke have very interesting histories and beautiful architecture, even though they aren’t that old. (I’m assuming Annebear is a girl.)</p>

<p>At the other end of the social-scene spectrum, the University of Mississippi has a tremendous sense of history and tradition on campus. It reminded me of Harvard (I’m not kidding) in its feeling of reverence for the physical space.</p>

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<p>Good job JA.</p>

<p>If you live on the West Coast, your options are limited, but there’s a good deal of history in most colleges east of the Mississippi (by some measures). Smaller colleges will tend to feel more historic, but colleges in cities (even if newer) are more likely to be close to historic areas. DC, Boston, and New York ($$$$$ for NY, though) spring to mind. Also, the south tends to focus more on its history…Furman and the College of Charleston and other things in the Carolinas/Georgia might be good options. Use a college search tool, like CC’s, for more ideas.</p>