Keep Cottage
| Keep Cottage | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Late Victorian |
| Location | Oberlin, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41°17′45″N 82°13′3″W / 41.29583°N 82.21750°W |
| Completed | 1839, Renovated 1911 |
| Owner | Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, Oberlin College |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Patton and Miller |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 56 (Live-in Students) 77 (Dine-in Students) |
Keep Cottage, also known as Keep Cooperative is an 1839 post-Victorian tudor revival mansion owned and maintained by Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Originally home to the Reverend John Keep, the house underwent a serious renovation in 1911 in order to transform it into a college dormitory. As of October 1965, it is a rental property of Oberlin Student Cooperative Association, the second largest student cooperative in the United States. It is named after its primary trustee, the reverend John Keep, an abolitionist who cast the deciding vote that let African-American students attend Oberlin College, the first institution to do so.