Case Western Reserve University Archives

Pathology

Location
2085 Adelbert Road

Description
5-story plus basement, and subbasement, supported by 40 steel columns, buff brick trimmed with Indiana limestone, approximately 160x60 feet, containing chapel, offices, classrooms, museum, photo and x-ray rooms, amphitheatre, and labs
The eight profiles surrounding the main doorway are of: Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, William H. Welch, Marie Francois Zavier Bichat, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Carl Freiheer Von Rokitinsky, John Hunter, Rudoph Virchow, and Louis Pasteur.
The motifs under the windows are from shields for six medieval guilds: Barber Surgeons of London, Physicians of London, Barber Surgeons of Edinburgh, Barber Surgeons of Brussels, Apothecaries of Nuremberg, and Medici of the Della Robbia period
This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.

Other Names
Institute of Pathology
Pathological Laboratory
Pathological Building


Constructed
1928-1929

Architect
Abram Garfield

General Contractor
Crowell & Little
Cost
$690,536

Financing
Gift of up to $750,000 from the General Education Board
Occupants
1929-1949+: Institute of Pathology

Uses
1929-1949+: Classes, lectures, offices, research, ceremonies
Bought
Cornerstone Laying: 6/14/1928
Dedication: 10/7/1929

This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.

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