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  Location

  2145 Adelbert Road
  
  Description
  2-story plus basement, Italian Renaissance style, 76x44 feet, of Ohio buff sandstone backed with brick, copper roof
  The inscription below the main cornice is from The Holy Bible. Exodus 18:20. "And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do."

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  This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.

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  Other Names
  Law School Building
  Franklin Thomas Backus School of Law
  School of Law     

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  Constructed
  ca. 1895-1896
  
  Architect
  Charles F. Schweinfurth

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  Cost   
  1895: construction ca. $25,000
  1895 land: $15,000
  
  Financing
  1895: Gifts of $5,000 from various donors; loan of $15,000

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  Occupants
  1896-1917: School of Law
  1918-1919: School of Law and School of Library Science
  1920-1942: School of Law
  1943-1944: School of Law and United States Army Air Corps trainees (28th College Training Detachment (Air Crew)) (1st and 2nd floors)
  1945-1949+: School of Law
  
  Uses
  1896-1944: Academic or administrative
  1943-1944: Residence
  1945-1949+?: Academic or administrative

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  Ceremonies
  Cornerstone laying: 6/15/1896
  
  Trivia
  First building constructed for School of Law

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1914: 2-story, 40x75 feet
  
  Cost
  $25,000 estimated
  
  Financing
  Gifts of at least $12,000 from unknown donors

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1943: Converted 1st and 2nd floors to barracks
  
  Cost
  $4,847.78

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1948: 3-story steel and masonry building, brick masonry backed tile partition and reinforced concrete floors, 48x82 feet, 40 feet high
  
  Architect
  Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schafer
  
  General Contractor
  The Hunkin-Conkey Construction Company
  
  Cost
  ca. $350,000
  
  Financing
  $121,390 from operating funds; Gifts of $29,626 from unknown donors
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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