The University of Toledo was founded by Jesup Wakeman Scott on October 12, 1872 as a private arts and trades school, known as Toledo University of Arts and Trades, offering painting and architectural drawing as its only subjects. Scott, the editor for the Toledo Blade newspaper from 1844 to 1847, was a public-spirited Toledoan who felt the city should have a university to train young people for responsible positions in the growing community. Scott’s dream led him to endow 160 acres of land which later became the Scott Park Campus. Scott died in 1874 and the school was forced to close in 1878 due to a lack of funds. On January 8, 1884, the assets of the university were turned over to the city of Toledo and the school reopened that year as the Manual Training School, later changing its name to Toledo University. In 1922, the university moved into an automobile mechanics training facility on Scott’s land that had been constructed during World War I. After the Toledo voters passed a bond levy in 1928, the main campus was moved north to the land located on Bancroft Street, with University Hall being the first building constructed in 1931. On July 1, 1967, the University was given the status of a state-funded university by the Ohio General Assembly and became known as the University of Toledo. On July 1, 2006 the University merged with the Medical University of Ohio, making UT one of only four institutions in the state with a medical school and a law school.