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In 1859, the Reverend George Burrowes founded University College in San Francisco. Confusingly, it was also known as City College. Burrowes advertised the school in the Daily Alta California newspaper.

First operating near downtown, by 1862 it had also obtained land farther south in a greenfield location called University Mound. The district was laid out around the college, with streets in one direction all named after famous schools (Dartmouth, Göttingen, Colby) and in the other direction after educators, particularly university presidents (Timothy Dwight, Benjamin Silliman, Francis Wayland). A map from 1863 shows a "University College Grounds":

In 1864 there was a "Decree entered in favor of plaintiff" in The President and Board of Trustees of University College v. The Trustees of the City College of San Francisco [Daily Alta California, Volume 16, Number 5168, 26 April 1864]. (In 1935 the city created a Junior College on another site which became the modern City College of San Francisco.)

In 1872 University College's medical school entered a joint venture with the University of the Pacific, called The Medical College of the Pacific.

By the mid-1880s the College seems to be gone. In 1884 James Lick's estate bought up 25 acres including a "college building" to build the Lick Old Ladies Home, and in 1885 a reservoir went in. My friend Elisa unearthed this map:

When did University College abandon the University Mound campus? Did the university go out of business or merge with another school?

In 1859, the Reverend George Burrowes founded University College in San Francisco. Confusingly, it was also known as City College. Burrowes advertised the school in the Daily Alta California newspaper.

First operating near downtown, by 1862 it had also obtained land farther south in a greenfield location called University Mound. The district was laid out around the college, with streets in one direction all named after famous schools (Dartmouth, Göttingen, Colby) and in the other direction after educators, particularly university presidents (Timothy Dwight, Benjamin Silliman, Francis Wayland). A map from 1863 shows a "University College Grounds":

In 1864 there was a "decree entered in favor of plaintiff" in The President and Board of Trustees of University College v. The Trustees of the City College of San Francisco. (In 1935 the city created a Junior College on another site which became the modern City College of San Francisco.)

In 1872 University College's medical school entered a joint venture with the University of the Pacific, called The Medical College of the Pacific.

By the mid-1880s the College seems to be gone. In 1884 James Lick's estate bought up 25 acres including a "college building" to build the Lick Old Ladies Home, and in 1885 a reservoir went in. My friend Elisa unearthed this map:

When did University College abandon the University Mound campus? Did the university go out of business or merge with another school?

In 1859, a reverend Burrowes founded University College in San Francisco. Confusingly, perhaps because it was the only institution of higher learning in town, it was also known as City College. Burrowes advertised the school in the Daily Alta California newspaper.

First operating near downtown, by 1862 it had also obtained land farther south in a greenfield location called University Mound. The district was laid out around the college, with streets in one direction all named after famous schools (Dartmouth, Göttingen, Colby) and in the other direction after educators, particularly university presidents (Timothy Dwight, Benjamin Silliman, Francis Wayland). A map from 1863 shows a "University College Grounds":

In 1864 there was a "Decree entered in favor of plaintiff" in The President and Board of Trustees of University College v. The Trustees of the City College of San Francisco [Daily Alta California, Volume 16, Number 5168, 26 April 1864].

In 1872 University College's medical school entered a joint venture with the University of the Pacific, called The Medical College of the Pacific.

By the mid-1880s the College seems to be gone. In 1884 James Lick's estate bought up 25 acres including a "college building" to build the Lick Old Ladies Home, and in 1885 a reservoir went in. My friend Elisa unearthed this map:

In 1935 the city's Unified School District created a Junior College on another site, which became San Francisco City College.

When and why did University College abandon the University Mound campus?

In 1859, the Reverend George Burrowes founded University College in San Francisco. Confusingly, it was also known as City College. Burrowes advertised the school in the Daily Alta California newspaper.

First operating near downtown, by 1862 it had also obtained land farther south in a greenfield location called University Mound. The district was laid out around the college, with streets in one direction all named after famous schools (Dartmouth, Göttingen, Colby) and in the other direction after educators, particularly university presidents (Timothy Dwight, Benjamin Silliman, Francis Wayland). A map from 1863 shows a "University College Grounds":

In 1864 there was a "Decree entered in favor of plaintiff" in The President and Board of Trustees of University College v. The Trustees of the City College of San Francisco [Daily Alta California, Volume 16, Number 5168, 26 April 1864]. (In 1935 the city created a Junior College on another site which became the modern City College of San Francisco.)

In 1872 University College's medical school entered a joint venture with the University of the Pacific, called The Medical College of the Pacific.

By the mid-1880s the College seems to be gone. In 1884 James Lick's estate bought up 25 acres including a "college building" to build the Lick Old Ladies Home, and in 1885 a reservoir went in. My friend Elisa unearthed this map:

When did University College abandon the University Mound campus? Did the university go out of business or merge with another school?