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Below is a complete listing of all Ohio Historical Markers. To find a detailed marker listing including text, photographs, and locations, click on a county below. Our listing is updated by the markers program as new markers are installed and older markers are reported damaged or missing.

28-48 The University of Toledo

Side A: In 1872, Jesup W. Scott donated 160 acres at this site as an endowment for a university to train “artists and artisans” to assume important roles in a growing industrial Toledo. The University held classes at Scott Park from 1922 to 1931. In 1969, the site of Scott’s land donation became the site of the University’s Community and Technical College.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: The University of Toledo, Toledo Sesquicentennial Commission, and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: W of Parkside Blvd, S of Nebraska Avenue, 
Toledo, 
OH, 
43607
Location: Take the first road to the right into the Scott Park Campus and follow it to the main campus entrance
Latitude: 41.6426691
Longitude: -83.5954699