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  1882

  
  Pierce Hall Exterior South and West Sides
  Adelbert College of Western Reserve University...will be opened for the reception of students in Cleveland, on September 7th, 1882...The Institution occupies ample ground on Euclid Avenue...opposite Wade Park.  This is the most beautiful and healthy part of the city, and is entirely free from all the ordinary vices and temptations which are usually found in a city...There will be two large buildings...one large stone structure containing chapel, library, laboratories and lecture-rooms, and a large dormitory with a refectory attached. 
  
  -Adelbert College Catalogue, 1882
   

  
  
  1892

  
  Guilford House Exterior East Side
  The College for Women of the Western Reserve University was opened in the year 1888-89, but at the beginning of the year now closing, the College occupied for the first time its own buildings.  Clark Hall and Guilford Cottage are proving themselves admirably adapted to the purposes for which they were built.  They also are regarded as representing a large value for their cost. 
  
  -Western Reserve University Annual Report, 1893
   

  
  1902

  
  Haydn Hall Exterior North and East Sides
  Haydn Hall...is proving itself of the greatest usefulness.  About half of the space of the building is used as a dormitory...The remaining part is used as a room for study for the benefit of students living in town and also as a dining room for the residents, and a parlor for the four undergraduate classes.
  
  -Western Reserve University Annual Report, 1903
   

  
  
  1915

  
  Mather House Exterior East and North Sides
  The halls of residence are Guilford House and Flora Mather House...Both houses are well warmed, lighted, and ventilated...The table of each hall is excellent and well served.  The aim of the housekeeping is to make the surroundings as home-like as possible...The price of board and rooms is $300.00 for the year.
  
  -Western Reserve University Catalogue, 1914
   

  
  
  1918

  
  Barracks 1 Exterior North and East Sides
  ...the Selective Service Act...authorized the raising and maintaining by voluntary induction and draft, a Students Army Training Corps...All students who entered the American colleges in the autumn of 1918...being 18 years of age and of physical fitness, became by their entrance, soldiers of the United States...All of these soldier students...were required to live in barracks provided by the college and to have their meals at a common mess hall. 
  
  -Western Reserve University Annual Report, 1919

  1931

  
  Harvey House Exterior South Side
  Nurses are our workers in the most important field of human endeavor -- the restoration of health, the saving of life...To give them decent and comfortable living quarters is something more than humanitarian.  It is necessary if they are to have the rest required to enable them always to give their best efforts.
  
  -The Medical Center, ca.1928 
   

  
  1947

  
  Davis Building Exterior South and East Sides
  The Karl Davis Memorial Field house...is a model in every respect.  Built to house the varsity teams primarily, it was enlarged during the planning stage to include a boys' dormitory accommodating seventy-two students.
  
  -Voice of Reserve, 1948
   

  
  
  
  1947

  
  Children Play Outside at the Blackacre Trailer Park
  Western Reserve, as many other leading universities, will have a trailer camp within its domain...as long as emergency housing measures are necessary.  The University will provide the land, rent free...Each trailer will be provided with a sewer, water, and electricity.  Two semi-trailers have been procured.  One will serve as a sanitary disposal unit, the other as a laundry.
  
  -Reserve Tribune, 1947
   

  
  1951

  
  T. Keith Glennan on a Bulldozer at Yost Hall Ground-Breaking
  "This morning we mark the beginning of the end of the streetcar era at Case," T. Keith Glennan said today as ground was broken for the first dormitory in the history of Case Institute of Technology.
  
  -Cleveland Press, 1950
   

  
  
  
  
  1953

  
  Claud Foster Hall Exterior South Side
  Claud Foster Dormitory...has been occupied throughout the entire college year.  The students who reside there have found the building most convenient and comfortable, and the demand for these housing facilities substantially exceeds the capacity of the building.  I am confident that having a substantial part of the freshman class of Adelbert College living together in this handsome building has had a very beneficial result on student spirit.
  
  -Western Reserve University Annual Report, 1954
   

  1956

  
  Pardee Hall Exterior North and West Sides
  Case Institute of Technology's new 300-man dormitory, Pardee Hall, was dedicated in May 1957.  The new dorm is visible from Euclid Avenue as the first building along the Case-Western Reserve University boundary line.
  
  -Case Alumnus, 1957
   

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1960s

  
  Clarke Tower Exterior
  With Western Reserve University rapidly emerging from a street car college to, as TIME magazine recently described it, a 'take-off' university, or a university standing on the threshold of becoming one of the nation's great centers of learning, adequate housing becomes increasingly vital.
  
  -Housing Worthy of a Great College, 1963
   

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1960s

  
  Staley House and Tippit House Exterior North and West Sides
  The goal is to provide a place where each student can live and work under conditions of reasonable comfort and privacy, while enjoying a rich association with other students who, like himself, are learning to be not only outstanding scientists and engineers, but also mature men and good citizens.
  
  -The Murray Hill Residence Quadrangle, 1965
• 1 2020-06-23T20:23:45+00:00 North Side Dorms 12 plain 2021-06-14T20:07:05+00:00 CWRU North Side Campus Exterior Aerial ViewAnnie Spencer Cutter (1877-1957)...The women's residence which bears her name honors her for her scholarship, her enthusiastic and energetic spirit manifested throughout her life as a loyal, distinguished, and active alumna.
  
  Helen Mary Smith (1870-1955)...For her dedication in improving and broadening educational facilities and her deep interest in the total welfare of the students, a women's residence will perpetuate her name.
  
  Alice Arter Taft (1870-1956)...For her enthusiasm, her tireless support and continuing interest in the College we are pleased to honor her with a residence bearing her name.
  
  Students Relax in a Dormitory LoungeElsie Holliday Taplin (1879-1961)...a women's residence perpetuates her name in memory of her lifelong interest in the welfare of the College.
  
  Mary Castle Norton (1854-1928)...For her unstinting support and her interest and understanding she is honored by the women's residence bearing her name.
  
  Emma Stone Raymond (1854-1943)...For her more than four decades of devotion to the Council and to the University she is honored in this women's residence bearing her name.
  
  Students Socialize in a Dormitory LoungeHarriette Benedict Sherman (1848-1929)...For her loyalty and devotion to Mather College she is honored through a residence bearing her name.
  
  Marion Clark Taylor (1845-1934)...For her ardent interest and support throughout her lifetime of higher education for women, and her generosity to the College it is only fitting that this modern residence for women should bear her name.
  
  -An Environment for Living:  Dedication of the New Residences for Undergraduates, 1965
  
  Students in a Dormitory Courtyard
  Clarke Tower ExteriorCharles Backus Storrs (1794-1833)...Because of his scholarship and his sincerity of purpose in guiding Western Reserve College in its beginning days a men's residence bears his name.
  
  George Edmond Pierce (1794-1871)...For his self-sacrifice and devotion, his unyielding honesty, fidelity, and untiring perseverance for the College, a men's residence perpetuates his name.
  
  Henry Lawrence Hitchcock (1813-1873)...For his patience, his independence of thought and action, his skill in attracting competent colleagues and his financial judgment, it is fitting that a men's residence should bear his name.
  
  Carroll Cutler (1829-1894)...For his great service as a teacher, his high ideals of scholarship and his service during difficult years in maintaining high educational standards and developing and solidifying the curriculum, it is fitting that a men's residence perpetuate his name.
  
  -An Environment for Living:  Dedication of the New Residences for Undergraduates, 1965
  
  President's Reception for Mather Freshmen
  Students Eat a Meal in a Dormitory CafeteriaThe resident campus for undergraduates of Western Reserve University is located on Magnolia Drive a few blocks from other campus buildings.  The fifteen buildings in the groups include four residences for men with a central commons in which dining and recreation rooms are located.  The women's dormitories are in two similar groups of four residences connected with a separate dining room building.  An infirmary for resident students is also located in the area.  All of the buildings show an unusual combination of the simplicity and beauty of contemporary design with the efficiency of modern construction.
  
  -Living on the Campus, ca. 1965