Buildings and Grounds of Case, WRU and CWRU (1882-1949)
The staff of the University Archives has compiled summaries of information about buildings and grounds used by Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University, 1882-1949. All sources used are in the CWRU Archives and may be consulted in the Archives.
This list is a chronological index, arranged by use dates, to the individual buildings and grounds summaries. The list includes:
| Building Identifiers | Derived from a controlled vocabulary created by the University Archives |
| Dates | First and last years of documented Case or WRU control of the space and use for non-investment purposes If it is known that the building was in use after 1949, the last date is 1949+ |
| Trivia | Firsts, lasts, leasts, mosts, and other minutiae to inform, amuse, surprise |
An alphabetical index, arranged by building identifier, is also available.
Information in the summaries includes:
| People | associated with the buildings, including architects, general contractors, donors, occupants |
| Dates | of significant events, including construction, alterations, demolition, purchase, sale, ceremonies |
| Names | formal and popular |
| Descriptions | images, locations, size, architectural style |
| Uses | functions carried out in the buildings |
| Finances | costs and funding sources |
Information is included only during the time period that a particular building/space was under University control.
Investment properties are not included.
Some information about some buildings is not available.
Unknown data is indicated by a question mark (?).
| Identifier | Dates Used | Trivia | |
| 1840 | Medical School, 1846 | 1846-1885 | First WRU building in Cleveland |
| 1880 | Adelbert Main Building | 1882-1949+ | First WRU building in University Circle |
| Cutler Hall | 1882-1949+ | First WRU President's residence | |
| Pierce Hall | 1882-1949+ | First WRU men's dormitory | |
| Observatory, 1883 | 1883-? | First University Circle observatory | |
| Privy | 1883-? | Only documented University outhouse in University Circle | |
| Case Main Building | 1885-1949+ | First Case building in University Circle | |
| Medical School, 1887 | 1887-1929 | Last downtown home of the School of Medicine | |
| Chemical Laboratory, 1887 | 1887-1949+ | First Case building relocated | |
| Ford House | 1888-1925 | First home to more CWRU schools than any other building | |
| Clarence Building | 1888-1895 | Only home of WRU's Music Conservatory | |
| Adelbert Gym, 1888 | 1888-1949+ | First WRU men's gym | |
| 1890 | Clarke Field | 1891-1949+ | First WRU athletic field |
| Mechanical Laboratory | 1892-1928 | First Case building designed by Coburn and Barnum | |
| Bellflower Road, 11109 | 1892-1949+ | Longest continuous WRU President's residence | |
| Chemical Laboratory, 1892 | 1892-1949+ | ||
| Clark Hall for Liberal Arts | 1892-1949+ | First Mather College classroom building constructed | |
| Guilford House | 1892-1949+ | First WRU women's dormitory constructed | |
| Physics Building | 1894-1949+ | First WRU building designed by Charles F. Schweinfurth | |
| Electrical Laboratory | 1895-1949+ | Third Case department, Electrical Engineering, to have its own building | |
| Bangor Building | 1896-1910 | First building used solely by School of Dentistry | |
| Adelbert Road, 2145 | 1896-1949+ | First building constructed for School of Law | |
| Hatch Library | 1896-1956 | First Adelbert College library building | |
| Astronomical Observatory | 1897-1920 | First Case building razed | |
| Eldred Hall | 1897-1949+ | First Adelbert College student center | |
| Physiological Laboratory | 1898-1929 | Third School of Medicine building | |
| DeGrace Hall | 1899-1949+ | Longest gap between construction and formal naming (102 years) | |
| 1900 | Harkness Chapel | 1901-1949+ | First campus church constructed |
| Van Horn Field | 1901-1949+ | First Case athletic field | |
| Haydn Hall | 1902-1949+ | First Mather College student center | |
| Rockefeller Mining and Metallurgy | 1905-1949+ | Second vertical addition to a campus building | |
| Rockefeller Physics | 1906-1949+ | ||
| Camp Case, 1907 | 1907-1907 | First off-campus survey camp | |
| Mather Gym | 1907-1949+ | First WRU women's gym constructed | |
| Camp Case, 1908 | 1908-1908 | ||
| Gas Building | 1908-1910 | First downtown home of WRU's School of Pharmacy | |
| Cushing Laboratory | 1908-1929 | First WRU building named for a faculty member | |
| Camp Case, 1909 | 1909-1909 | ||
| 1910 | Camp Case, 1910 | 1910-1910 | |
| East 9th Street, 2450 | 1910-1917 | Last downtown home of School of Dentistry | |
| Ohio Wesleyan Medical School Building | 1910-1920 | First University building acquired as a result of a merger | |
| Morley Chemistry Laboratory | 1910-1949+ | Second WRU building named for a faculty member | |
| Raymond House | 1910-1949+ | Longest continuous Case President's residence | |
| Camp Case, 1911 | 1911-1912 | ||
| Stone Chapel | 1911-1949+ | Last campus church constructed | |
| Camp Case, 1913 | 1913-1916 | ||
| Cummington Road, 2256 & 2258 | 1913-1937 | ||
| Case Club | 1913-1949+ | First Case student center | |
| Mather Memorial Building | 1913-1949+ | Last WRU building designed by Charles F. Schweinfurth | |
| Mather House | 1915-1949+ | Third Mather College dormitory | |
| Camp Case, 1917 | 1917-1917 | ||
| Adelbert Road, 2117 | 1917-1949+ | First WRU-owned residence converted to a classroom | |
| Dental School | 1917-1949+ | First University Circle building constructed for School of Dentistry | |
| Barracks #1 | 1918-1919 | ||
| Barracks #2 | 1918-1919 | ||
| Elysium | 1918-1919 | ||
| Mess Hall | 1918-1919 | First WRU cafeteria building | |
| Euclid Avenue, 11462 | 1918-1921 | ||
| Camp Case, 1918 | 1918-1936 | First Case survey camp equipped with cabins | |
| Adelbert Road, 2051/2079 | 1919-1927 | First WRU building relocated | |
| Adelbert Gym, 1919 | 1919-1949+ | Third WRU gym | |
| 1920 | Adelbert Road, 2087 | 1920-1927 | Second WRU building relocated |
| Adelbert Road, 2029/2045 | 1920-1949 | Last University Circle home of School of Pharmacy | |
| Warner & Swasey Observatory | 1920-1949+ | First formally named Case building | |
| Adelbert Road, 2023/2041 | 1921-1949+ | ||
| East 100th Street, 2060 | 1923-1928 | First School of Education residence | |
| Cornell Road, 2039 | 1923-1949+ | First home of WRU President, Robert Vinson | |
| Animal House, 1924 | 1924-1943+ | Second University Circle School of Medicine building | |
| Adelbert Road, 2057 | 1924-1949+ | First home of School of Nursing | |
| Wood Building | 1924-1949+ | First University Circle School of Medicine building | |
| East 93rd Street, 1949 | 1925-1928 | Second School of Education residence | |
| Euclid Avenue, 1935 | 1925-1929 | First Cleveland College building | |
| Reserve Manor | 1925-1929 | Third School of Nursing residence | |
| Ether Drift Research House | 1926-1937 | ||
| Health Service Building | 1926-1949+ | First WRU infirmary building | |
| Power House | 1926-1949+ | First building constructed jointly by WRU and University Hospitals of Cleveland | |
| Psychology Laboratory | 1926-1949+ | ||
| Electric Building | 1927-1929 | First School of Applied Social Sciences downtown building | |
| Abington Road, 2044 | 1927-1930 | ||
| East 96th Street, 2050 | 1927-1930 | ||
| Euclid Avenue, 11015 | 1927-1930 | First University Circle home of WRU's School of Architecture | |
| Adelbert Road, 2035 | 1927-1949+ | First WRU Faculty Club | |
| Adelbert Road, 2063 | 1927-1949+ | ||
| Adelbert Road, 2121 | 1927-1949+ | First WRU building connected to another via a passageway | |
| Bellflower Road, 11217 | 1927-1949+ | Last home of School of Education | |
| Bingham Mechanical Engineering | 1927-1949+ | First Case building designed by Wilbur Watson | |
| Hitchcock Hall | 1927-1949+ | ||
| Mather Athletic Field, 1927 | 1927-1949+ | First Mather College athletic field | |
| Abington Road, 2056 | 1928-1933 | First School of Library Science residence | |
| Abington Road, 2058 | 1928-1933 | First School of Applied Social Sciences residence | |
| Abington Road, 2096 | 1928-1933 | ||
| Stearns Road, 2060 | 1928-1936 | First home of School of Education | |
| Abington Road, 2090 | 1928-1942 | ||
| Abington Road, 2118 | 1928-1948 | ||
| Abington Road, 2124 | 1928-1949+ | ||
| Abington Road, 2130 | 1928-1949+ | ||
| Abington Road, 2134 | 1928-1949+ | ||
| Adelbert Road, 2125 | 1928-1949+ | Second WRU-owned residence converted to a classroom | |
| Adelbert Road, 2131 | 1928-1949+ | ||
| Cornell Place, 11622 | 1928-1949+ | ||
| Flora Stone Mather House | 1928-1949+ | ||
| Warner Building | 1928-1949+ | First Case Trustee for whom two buildings were formally named | |
| Abington Road, 2050 | 1929-1933 | ||
| Adelbert Road, 2101 | 1929-1937 | ||
| Abington Road, 2114 | 1929-1943 | ||
| Garfield House | 1929-1945 | ||
| Adelbert Road, 2069 | 1929-1949+ | ||
| Adelbert Road, 2073 | 1929-1949+ | ||
| Baker Building, 1942 | 1929-1949+ | First WRU building named for Newton D. Baker | |
| Carlton Road, 11893 | 1929-1949+ | Last home of WRU President Robert Vinson | |
| Cornell Place, 11623 | 1929-1949+ | ||
| Cornell Road, 2115 | 1929-1949+ | ||
| Pathology | 1929-1949+ | ||
| Thwing Hall | 1929-1949+ | First WRU university-wide library building | |
| 1930 | Adelbert Road, 2025 | 1930-? | |
| Abington Road, 2070 | 1930-1933 | ||
| Abington Road, 2045 | 1930-1941 | ||
| Abington Road, 2026 | 1930-1942 | ||
| Abington Road, 2033 | 1930-1942 | ||
| Abington Road, 2039 | 1930-1942 | ||
| Abington Road, 2069 | 1930-1949 | ||
| Abington Road, 2073 | 1930-1949 | ||
| Abington Road, 2121 | 1930-1949+ | ||
| Adelbert Road, 2107 | 1930-1949+ | ||
| Animal House, 1930 | 1930-1949+ | ||
| Bellflower Road, 11039 | 1930-1949+ | ||
| Euclid Hall | 1930-1949+ | ||
| Harvey House | 1930-1949+ | ||
| Lowman House | 1930-1949+ | ||
| Robb House | 1930-1949+ | ||
| Squire Valleevue Farm | 1930-1949+ | WRU's only working farm | |
| New York Central Athletic Field | 1931-1949+ | ||
| Service Building | 1931-1949+ | ||
| Abington Road, 2108 | 1933-1943 | ||
| Manor House | 1935-1949+ | ||
| Tyler House | 1936-1949+ | First of two buildings named for Marion Clark Tyler | |
| May Squire House | 1937-1948 | ||
| Camp Case, 1937 | 1937-1949+ | Last off-campus survey camp | |
| Pink Pig | 1938-1949+ | First University animal housing converted to human housing | |
| Smith Chemical Engineering | 1939-1949+ | First Case building financed by a loan | |
| 1940 | Society for Savings Building | 1941-1942 | |
| Boulevard House | 1941-1949+ | ||
| Western Reserve Historical Society | 1942-1943 | ||
| Fairmount Boulevard, 2530 | 1942-1949+ | ||
| Church of the Covenant | 1943-1944 | ||
| Navy Dormitory | 1943-1947 | ||
| Perkins House | 1943-1949+ | First WRU building formally named for a female faculty member | |
| Smith House, 1943 | 1943-1949+ | First WRU building formally named for a dean | |
| Bellflower Road, 11235 | 1944-1949+ | ||
| Williamson House | 1944-1949+ | First WRU building formally named for an alumnus | |
| Bellflower Road, 11418 | 1945-1949+ | ||
| Bellflower Road, 11418 Coach House | 1945-1949+ | ||
| Bellflower Road, 11421 | 1945-1949+ | ||
| Bellflower Road, 11430 | 1945-1949+ | ||
| Auditorium Garage Building | 1946-1949+ | ||
| Women's Federal Building | 1946-1949+ | ||
| Blackacre Trailer Camp | 1947-1949+ | First and only WRU trailer park | |
| Davis Building | 1947-1949+ | First WRU building formally named for a staff member | |
| Engineers Building | 1947-1949+ | ||
| Government Building | 1947-1949+ | ||
| Standard Building | 1947-1949+ | Last downtown Cleveland College building | |
| Tomlinson Hall | 1947-1949+ | Last Case student center | |
| University Cafeteria | 1947-1949+ | First permanent WRU cafeteria building | |
| Bellflower Road, 11201 | 1948-1949+ | ||
| Mather Athletic Field, 1948 | 1948-1949+ | ||
| Temporary Building | 1948-1949+ | Last University classroom/office building without plumbing | |
| 1950 | Baker Building, 1957 | 1957-2004 | First University building razed in the 21st century |