Village Housing: 120 E. College Street

Date

ca. 1908-present

Location

120 East College Street

Architects/Collaborators

Builder unknown

Style

Victorian: Queen Anne

History

This house is situated far back on its lot, behind Tank Hall, originally Tank Home for Missionary Children. Though it was built around 1908 and can be found in the city directories for that year as 120 East College, on the Sanborn Insurance maps it is listed as 32 Water Street until 1933. This residence, until recently called Missionary House, was owned primarily by missionary families, no doubt due to its proximity to Tank. The first of these families in 1908 was that of Horatio B. Newell, a missionary to Japan, and his wife Jane (nee Cozad). Jane attended the Theological Seminary from 1887 to 1888, and the Conservatory from 1887 to 1889. The Newells lived in the house with their four children. Several other missionary families lived here until the College acquired it. It is now one of many houses in the College's Village Housing for students.

Source

Ohio Historic Inventory by Patricia Murphy, Ohio State Historic Preservation Office, December 5, 2006. Accessed from the Oberlin Heritage Center website, June 23, 2015.