North Side Dorms
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.
Elsie 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.
Harriette 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
Charles 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
The 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
