Oxford Female Institute is a registered historic building in

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, listed in the

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in 1976. The Oxford Female Institute was affiliated with the

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, and its first president was John Witherspoon Scott. His second daughter Caroline Scott, an Oxford Institute graduate, married

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and became First Lady after his election as

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in 1888. The college was later known as Oxford College and Oxford College for Women.

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took over ownership of the school in 1928 and absorbed its students. Miami used the building, commonly known as "Ox College", as a women's residence hall for more than sixty years. In 2001, Miami leased the building to th
Oxford Community Arts Center
for the community of Oxford.

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