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  Location

  southern end of Case campus
  
  Description
  Structural steel frame, shale brick with sandstone trim; front portion: 3 stories with basement, 146x55 feet; west wing: 2 stories, 119x50 feet; east wing: 1 story, 119x60 feet; powerhouse: 1 story, 65x70 feet; repair shop: 1 story, 21x35 feet; containing classrooms, labs, offices, shop, power plant

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

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  Formal Name
  Charles William Bingham Mechanical Engineering Building
  
  Named For
  Charles William Bingham, trustee

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  Constructed
  6/1926-3/1927
  
  Architect
  1926: Wilbur J. Watson and Associates
  
  General Contractor
  1926: Sam W. Emerson Company

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  Cost
  1927: $471,000 estimated; $.34 per cubic foot
  
  Financing
  1926: Gift of $1,000,000 (half for construction, half for building maintenance endowment) from Charles W. Bingham, trustee and William Bingham, II, friend; Gift of $100,000 from Worcester Warner, trustee; Gift of $50,000 from Eckstein Case, trustee; Gift of $30,000 from Charles F. Brush, trustee; Gift of $10,000 from William Gwinn Mather, trustee; Gift of $10,000 from Francis F. Prentiss, trustee; Gift of $20,000 from Herbert H. Dow, alumnus/trustee

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  Occupants
  1927-1949+: Mechanical Engineering Dept.
  
  Uses
  1927-1949+: Classes, research, offices, workshops, power plant

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  Trivia

  First Case building designed by Wilbur Watson

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1937-1938: Added approximately 1000 square feet to balcony

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1940: Approximately 4600 square feet third story on shop wing
  
  Architect
  Wilbur J. Watson and Associates
  
  General Contractor
  The Hadlock-Krill Company
  
  Cost
  $23,000-$27,000

  Financing Gifts of various amounts from Frances Payne Bolton, friend, and Mechanical Engineering alumni and friends

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1941: Added 2000 square feet to balcony along east side of Power Laboratory
  
  Architect
  Wilbur J. Watson and Associates
  
  General Contractor
  The Hadlock-Krill Company
  
  Cost
  $6,500

  Financing Gifts and Endowment

  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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