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  Location

  East 9th Street and St. Clair
  
  Description
  5 stories, 40x55 feet, reinforced concrete faced with pressed brick, containing laboratories and offices

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  Formal Name
  H. K. Cushing Laboratory
  
  Named For
  Henry Kirk Cushing, faculty/trustee
  
  Other Names
  H. K. Cushing Laboratory of Experimental Medicine

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  Constructed
  ca. 1907-1908
  
  Razed
  1929

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  Cost
  1908: $40,000 (excluding land)
  1929: $7,052.50 for Cushing Laboratory, Medical School, 1887, and Physiological Laboratory
  
  Financing
  1908: Gift of $100,000 from Oliver H. Payne; Gift of $100,000 from H. M. Hanna (building, equipment, and endowment)
  1929: ?

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  Occupants
  1908-1924: School of Medicine
  1924-1929: Vacant
  
  Uses

  1908-1924: Research, teaching and offices 1924-1929: None

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  Ceremonies
  Dedication: 11/20/1908
  
  Trivia
  First WRU building named for a faculty member
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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