St. Joseph Female College
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St. Joseph Female College was a private
women's college
located in St. Joseph, Missouri
, United States
.
Affiliated with the Baptist Church
, St. Joseph Female College was opened in 1875 by the English
-born Rev. Elijah S. Dulin. The college was located for most of its operating years in the Patee House
, a hotel and office building. It had previously housed the Patee Female College from 1865 to 1868.
Patee House has historically been most commonly associated with the founding of the Pony Express
in 1860, and the death of outlaw Jesse James
nearby in 1882.
The college moved out of Patee House in 1880 and constructed its own building at a cost of $100,000 on a hill near the city's center. According to The Baptist Encyclopedia, the board of trustees was composed of the state's leading men, with Rev. Dulin serving as president throughout the college's life.
St. Joseph Female College formally closed in 1881.
In 1980 Patee House was designated a National Historical Landmark, for its use as headquarters of the innovative Pony Express.
Private university
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women's college
Women's college
Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women...
located in St. Joseph, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, United States
United States
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.
Affiliated with the Baptist Church
Baptists in the United States
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, St. Joseph Female College was opened in 1875 by the English
England
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-born Rev. Elijah S. Dulin. The college was located for most of its operating years in the Patee House
Patee House
The Patee House, also known as Patee House Museum, was completed in 1858 as a 140-room luxury hotel at 12th Street and Penn in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was one of the best-known hotels west of the Mississippi River....
, a hotel and office building. It had previously housed the Patee Female College from 1865 to 1868.
Patee House has historically been most commonly associated with the founding of the Pony Express
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierra from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861...
in 1860, and the death of outlaw Jesse James
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...
nearby in 1882.
The college moved out of Patee House in 1880 and constructed its own building at a cost of $100,000 on a hill near the city's center. According to The Baptist Encyclopedia, the board of trustees was composed of the state's leading men, with Rev. Dulin serving as president throughout the college's life.
St. Joseph Female College formally closed in 1881.
In 1980 Patee House was designated a National Historical Landmark, for its use as headquarters of the innovative Pony Express.