Marker text: NORTH WESTERN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Chartered by Indiana General Assembly, 1850. Opened at this site, 1855, on land provided by Ovid Butler. Became Butler University, 1877, after relocation in Irvington. Present location in Fairview Park was made possible through donations by prominent citizens; opened for classes, 1928.
Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau, Old Northside Foundation, and Butler University