Pathology, exterior, north and east sides
1 2024-09-27T15:28:04+00:00 Julia Teran 9aca9c408841ff28b321d7128a1e5c918a151e1d 9 1 Pathology, exterior, north and east sides, 1929? 2024-09-27T15:28:04+00:00 CWRU Archives unknown Pathology 00106 1929? Barnbill Studio [Places] Julia Teran 9aca9c408841ff28b321d7128a1e5c918a151e1dThis page is referenced by:
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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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