Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded as the Oberlin Collegiate Institute in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: School
- Description: private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, United States
- Also known as: “Oberlin”, “Oberlin College & Conservatory”, and “Oberlin Collegiate Institute”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Allen Memorial Art Museum and Tappan Square.
Allen Memorial Art Museum
Museum
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The Allen Memorial Art Museum is an art museum located in Oberlin, Ohio, and it is run by Oberlin College. Founded in 1917, the collection contains over 15,000 works of art. Allen Memorial Art Museum is situated 1,600 feet east of Oberlin College.
Tappan Square
Park
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Tappan Square is a public park and National Historic Landmark at the center of Oberlin, Ohio. The park initially opened in 1885, on 13 acres of city-owned land at the bequest of Oberlin College benefactor Charles Martin Hall.
Apollo Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Ohio Office of Redevelopment, CC BY 2.0.
The Apollo Theatre is a 1913 art-deco moviehouse located in Oberlin, Ohio and maintained by Oberlin College. It is notable as one of the earliest theaters to screen "talkies" and for its use as one of Northeast Ohio's film forums. Apollo Theatre is situated 1,600 feet east of Oberlin College.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oberlin and South Amherst.
Oberlin
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Oberlin is a city in Ohio's Lorain County. The population was 8,200 in 2019. It is known as the home of Oberlin College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music as well as many innovations in the fields of natural science, filmmaking and music composition.
South Amherst
Village
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South Amherst is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,581 at the 2020 census. South Amherst is situated 4½ miles north of Oberlin College.
Whiskyville
Hamlet
Whiskyville is an unincorporated community in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. Whiskyville is situated 5 miles north of Oberlin College.
Oberlin College
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Oberlin College” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kolegji i Oberlinit”
- Arabic: “كلية أوبرلين”
- Arabic: “كلية اوبرلين”
- Armenian: “Օբերլինի քոլեջ”
- Belarusian: “Аберлінскі каледж”
- Belarusian: “Абярлінскі каледж”
- Bulgarian: “Оберлински колеж”
- Catalan: “Oberlin College”
- Chinese: “奥伯林学院”
- Chinese: “欧柏林学院”
- Chinese: “歐柏林學院”
- Czech: “Oberlin College”
- Czech: “Oberlinská kolej”
- Dutch: “Oberlin College”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كليه اوبرلين”
- Esperanto: “Kolegio Oberlin”
- Esperanto: “Oberlin College”
- French: “Oberlin College”
- Galician: “Oberlin College”
- Georgian: “ობერლინის კოლეჯი”
- German: “Oberlin College”
- Greek: “Κολέγιο Όμπερλιν”
- Hebrew: “אוברלין קולג‘”
- Hebrew: “אוברלין קולג’”
- Hungarian: “Oberlin College”
- Irish: “Coláiste Oberlin”
- Italian: “Oberlin College”
- Japanese: “オーバリン大学”
- Korean: “오벌린 칼리지”
- Luxembourgish: “Oberlin College”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oberlin College”
- Norwegian: “Oberlin College”
- Ossetian: “Оберлины колледж”
- Persian: “کالج ابرلین”
- Portuguese: “Oberlin College”
- Romanian: “Colegiul Oberlin”
- Russian: “Оберлинский колледж”
- Santali: “ᱳᱵᱮᱨᱞᱤᱱ ᱠᱚᱞᱮᱡᱽ”
- Slovenian: “Oberlin College”
- South Azerbaijani: “ابرلین کالجی”
- Spanish: “Oberlin College”
- Swedish: “Oberlin College”
- Tatar: “Оберлин көллияте”
- Ukrainian: “Оберлінський коледж”
- Urdu: “اوبرلین کالج”
- Vietnamese: “Đại học Oberlin”
- Welsh: “Coleg Oberlin”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Robin Park and Shiperd Circle.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Warner Gymnasium and Rice Memorial Hall.
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Delve into Lorain, Elyria, Oberlin, and Avon Lake.
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