Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University Review

Founded in 1831 and one of the oldest Methodist institutions of higher education in the United States, Wesleyan University has roughly 2,700 undergrads, 600 graduate students, and a vibrant science-and-arts scene, which gives Middletown a contemporary college-town feel. On campus, note the massive, fluted Corinthian columns of the Greek-Revival Russell House (circa 1828) at the corner of Washington Street, across from the pink Mediterranean-style Davison Art Center, built 15 years later; farther on are gingerbreads, towering brownstones, Tudors, and Queen Annes. A few hundred yards up on Church Street, which intersects High Street, is the Olin Library. The 1928 structure was designed by Henry Bacon, the architect of the Lincoln Memorial. The school bookstore is at 45 Broad St.