A defunct Baltimore university chartered in 1845, closed in 1859 after legal troubles.
Newton University was chartered by the state of Maryland in 1845 and operated in Baltimore for fourteen years. The institution was governed by a 77-member self-perpetuating board of regents. Joseph Bartlett Burleigh served as the first chancellor until his death in 1849, after which he was succeeded by J. N. McJilton (1805–1875), an Episcopal clergyman active in Baltimore City Public Schools. By 1852, the university had grown to seven professors.
The university encountered legal troubles beginning in 1856 and ultimately closed in 1859. Historical records of the institution, including an engraving or sketch of the block showing the buildings, are preserved in the collections of the Maryland Historical Society, which acquired them from the former Peale Museum and Baltimore City Life Museums in 1997.