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After five years in development, Butler University opened on November 1, 1855, as North Western Christian University at 13th Street and College Avenue on Indianapolis' near north-side at the eastern edge of the present Old Northside Historic District.
Butler University was founded as North Western Christian by Ovid Butler in 1855. He choose Christians as the school mascot. Sometime after the school had been rename in honor of its founder, Butler was suffering a poor football season in 1919.