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  Location

  northwest side of Adelbert Road
  
  Description
  4-story building of buff sandstone of 47,109 net square feet

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

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  Other Names
  Main Building
  Adelbert College
  Adelbert Main Building
  Adelbert College Administration Building
  College Building      

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  Constructed
  7/1881-1883
  
  Architect
  1881: Joseph Ireland

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  Cost   
  1881: ca. $136,000 ($177,000-$181,000 for Adelbert Main Building and Pierce Hall)
  
  Financing
  1881: Gift of $100,000 plus part of $30,969.79 from Amasa Stone

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  Occupants
  1882-1885: all Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
  1886-1888: all Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer, Case
  1888-1893: all Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
  1894-1895: some Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
  1896-1918: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
  1918-1922: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer, School of Applied Social Sciences
  1922-1925: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
  1925-1934: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer, WRU Dean of University Administration
  1934-1941: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary
  1941-1945: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President
  1945-1946: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President, School of Architecture
  1947: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President, School of Architecture, WRU Development Vice President
  1948-1949: some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President, School of Architecture, WRU Development Vice President, WRU Graduate School Dean
  
  Uses
  1882-1949+: Academic and administrative

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  Ceremonies
  11/1927: from Frances C. Gaensslen
  
  Trivia
  First WRU building in University Circle

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1886: Telephone installed
  1889: Hand elevator installed
  1897: Tower rebuilt
  1901: Interior and west entrance remodeled
  1910: New boilers, conduits, etc. constructed
  1919: Electrical wiring of 2nd, 3rd, 4th floors
  1920: Converted chapel on second floor to a lecture hall
  1922: Basement renovated and new east entrance built
  1927-1928: Unspecified alterations
  
  Architect
  1922: Abram Garfield
  
  General Contractor
  1910: Page & Corbusier
  
  Cost
  1886: ?
  1889: ca. $150
  1897: $4,430.24
  1901: ca. $60,000
  1910: $8,586.50 estimated
  1919: $2,005 estimated
  1920: ?
  1922: ca. $10,900
  1927-1928: $1,791.50
  
  Financing
  1886: ?
  1889: ?
  1897: Gift of unknown amount from Flora Stone Mather
  1901: Gift of unknown amount from Alfred A. Pope
  1910: ?
  1919: ?
  1920: ?
  1922: Gift of $10,900 from Samuel Mather
  1927-1928: ?
  
  Donors
  1897: Flora Stone Mather, friend
  1901: Alfred A. Pope, trustee
  1922: Samuel Mather, trustee
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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