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  Location

  southwest corner of Adelbert Road and Euclid Avenue
  
  Description
  250 x 65 feet; 60,000 square feet; 3 floors with ground floor and lower level

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

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  Formal Name
  Newton D. Baker Memorial Building
  
  Named For
  Newton D. Baker, trustee
  
  Other Names
  Baker Building          

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  Constructed   
  4/1957 - 10/1958
  
  Razed
  11/2004
  
  Architect
  Garfield, Harris, Schafer, Flynn & Williams
  
  General Contractor
  The Cleveland Construction Company

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  Cost   
  1958: $1,526,950?
  
  Financing
  1958: proceeds from sale of Newton Diehl Baker Memorial and the Card Building; gifts from alumni and other sources

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  Occupants
  1958-1959: Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., WRU Mathematics and Statistics Dept.
  1959-1961: Bureau of Business Research, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., WRU Mathematics and Statistics Dept.
  1961-1963: Bureau of Business Research, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., WRU Political Science Dept.
  1963-1965: Bureau of Business Research, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., WRU Philosophy Dept.
  1965-1968: Bureau of Business Research, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off.
  1968-1969: Dively Center, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off.
  1969-1971: Dively Center, Cleveland College, Management
  1971-1972: Dively Center, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off.
  1972-1974: Dively Center, Western Reserve College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., Continuing Education Off.
  1974-1975: Alumni Office, Complex Systems Institute, Continuing Education Off., Instructional Computing Off., Library Science, Western Reserve College
  1975-1977: Alumni Office, Development, Continuing Education Off., Instructional Computing Off., Library Science, Western Reserve College
  1977-1981: Development, Continuing Education Off., Instructional Computing Off., Library Science, Western Reserve College
  1981-1985: Development, Continuing Education Off., Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Library Science, Western Reserve College
  1985-1986: Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Library Science, Western Reserve College, Undergraduate Studies Off.
  1986-1987: Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Western Reserve College, Undergraduate Studies Off.
  1987-1990: Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off.
  1990-1991: Information Systems Off., Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off.
  1991-1993: Information Systems Off., Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off., Internal Audit
  1993-2000: Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off., Internal Audit
  2000-2003: Plant Services, Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off., Internal Audit
  2003-2004: Plant Services, Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Internal Audit
  
  Uses

  1958-2004

  classes, offices, ceremonies, performances and lectures

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  Ceremonies
  Groundbreaking: 4/28/1957
  Cornerstone: 11/2/1957
  Dedication: 11/16/1958
  
  Trivia
  First University building razed in the 21st century.

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1981: renovation of Baker Lounge
  
  Cost
  $45,000
  
  Financing
  Operating funds
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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