Southern Oregon University, Ashland

Name: Southern Oregon University
Address: 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, 97520-5001, United States
Telephone: +1 541-552-7672

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Southern Oregon University is a public university in Ashland, Oregon. It was founded in 1872 as the Ashland Academy, has been in its current location since 1926, and was known by nine other names before assuming its current name in 1997. Its Ashland campus – just 14 miles from Oregon's border with California – encompasses 175 acres. Five of SOU's newest facilities have achieved LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. SOU is headquarters for Jefferson Public Radio and public access station Rogue Valley Community Television. The university has been governed since 2015 by the SOU Board of Trustees. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1872 (152 years ago)Coordinates: 42°11'11"N, 122°41'35"W

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1250 Siskiyou BlvdCentral AshlandAshland 97520-5001 United States

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+1 541-552-7672

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Southern Oregon University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Allen Elizabethan Theatre, Lithia Fountain, Lithia Park, Calle Guanajuato.

1.3 miNW
Theater
Allen Elizabethan Theatre, Ashland
34 min walk • The Allen Elizabethan Theatre has evolved since the founding of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival when the first performance of Twelfth Night was presented on July 2, 1935.
1.4 miNW
Fountain
Lithia Fountain, Ashland
35 min walk • The Lithia Fountain is a fountain in Ashland, Oregon, United States, installed in 1927. Health benefits of water from the fountain, and the city's others, have been debated. High barium levels forced the city's public works department to turn off the fountains temporarily in 2016.
1.2 miW
Park
Lithia Park, Ashland
32 min walk • Lithia Park is the largest and most central park of Ashland, Oregon, United States. It consists of 93 acres of forested canyonland around Ashland Creek, stretching from the downtown plaza up toward its headwaters near Mount Ashland.
1.4 miNW
Park
Calle Guanajuato, Ashland
36 min walk • Calle Guanajuato is a park in Ashland, Oregon, United States.
1 miNW
Monuments and statues
Mickelson-Chapman Fountain, Ashland
27 min walk • The Mickelson-Chapman Fountain is a monument and sculpture installed in front of Ashland, Oregon's Carnegie Library, in the United States.
1.1 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Trinity Episcopal Church, Ashland
29 min walk • Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church at 44 N. 2nd Street in Ashland, Oregon. It is also the oldest church in Ashland. Constructed in 1894 and completed in 1895, its design was based on drawings by local builder W. J. Schmidt.
1.2 miNW
Church
First Baptist Church, Ashland
31 min walk • First Baptist Church is a historic church at 241 Hargadine Street in Ashland, Oregon. It was built in 1911 and added to the National Register in 1979. Ashland's First Baptist Church was sold in the late 1960s.
1.1 miNW
Nightlife, Restaurant
Smithfields, Ashland
29 min walk • Smithfields refers to two related businesses in Ashland, Oregon, United States: Smithfields Restaurant and Bar and Smithfields Pub and Pies.
0.5 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, Children's museum
ScienceWorks Museum, Ashland
14 min walk • ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum in Ashland, Oregon, is a science museum, founded as a non-profit organization in 2001 by a small group of families. The goal was to use an existing 26,000 sq. ft. building to create an interactive science center, to serve the region's schools toward Oregon State science standards.
1.2 miNW
Neighbourhood
Ashland Downtown Historic District, Ashland
32 min walk • The Ashland Downtown Historic District is an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The district is roughly bounded by Lithia Way and C Street, Church, Lithia Park and Hargadine and Gresham Streets.
0.8 miNW
Cemetery
Ashland Cemetery, Ashland
21 min walk • Ashland Cemetery is a cemetery in Ashland, Oregon, in the United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Notable burials include Lindsay Applegate and Abel Helman.

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Nearby attractions include Ashland Artisan Emporium, Ashland (10 min walk), ScienceWorks Museum, Ashland (14 min walk), Ashland School District, Ashland (14 min walk), Ashland Cemetery, Ashland (21 min walk).

Southern Oregon University, Ashland

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Southern Oregon University – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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