Pierce Hall
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Description
3-story building of 27,318 net square feet, containing offices, classrooms, labs; attached to Cutler Hall by hallway on east side of building
This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
Formal Name
Pierce Hall
Named For
George Pierce, WRC president
Other Names
1930-1931: Pierce-Cutler Hall
1888-1892, 1930-1931: Adelbert Hall
1934: Adelbert Dorm
Dormitory
Constructed
?-1882
Cost
1882: ca. $45,000 ($177,000-$181,000 for Adelbert Main Building and Pierce Hall)
Financing
1881: Gift of $50,000 and part of $30,969.79 from Amasa Stone
Occupants
1882-?: Adelbert College students
1886-?: Case students
1894-1896: School of Law
1897-1903: ?
1904-1916: School of Library Science (south end of 1st and 2nd floors)
1913: Delta Tau Delta fraternity
1916?-1918: School of Library Science (south end of 1st and 2nd floors) and School of Applied Social Sciences
1918: Student Army Training Corps
1919: Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
1919-1923: Zeta Beta Tau fraternity
1920-1921: Psi Omega fraternity
1921-1922: Kappa Nu fraternity
1922-1924: Delta Theta Pi fraternity, Phi Delta Phi fraternity
1923-1924: Alpha Kappa Upsilon fraternity, Phi Delta Chi fraternity
1924: Tau Epsilon Rho fraternity
1925: WRU Geology Dept., School of Library Science, School of Pharmacy
1926: Phi Delta Gamma fraternity
1927-1929: ?
1930-1932+: School of Library Science, WRU Geology Dept. and WRU Chemistry Dept.
1933: School of Pharmacy, Classics Dept. library
?-1943: WRU English Dept., Political Science Dept., Sociology Dept., Speech Dept., WRU Geology and Geography Dept., Pharmacognosy Dept., School of Applied Social Sciences, School of Pharmacy, WRU Chemistry Dept.
1943-1944: United States Army Air Corps trainees (28th College Training Detachment (Air Crew))
1945: ?
1946: School of Architecture, WRU Geology and Geography Dept., WRU English Dept., Speech Dept., Political Science Dept., Sociology Dept., Religion Dept., WRU Chemistry Dept.
1947-1948: ?
1949+: School of Architecture
Uses
1882-?: Residence
1894-1912: Academic or administrative
1913: Residence
1914-1916: ?
1916-1918: Academic or administrative
1918-1926: Residence
1925-1943: Classes, research, and offices
1943-1944: Residence
1946-?: Classes, research, and offices
Ceremonies
Dedication: 10/26/1882
Trivia
First WRU men's dormitory
Alterations and Modifications
Description
1925: Unspecified alterations
Architect
Charles W. Hopkinson
General Contractor
A. A. Lane Construction Co.
Cost
$76,000
Financing
?
Alterations and Modifications
Description
1930: Remodeled basement and 3rd floor
Cost
$27,000 estimated
Financing
Operating funds
Alterations and Modifications
Description
1943: Convered classrooms and offices to barracks
Cost
$16,301.39 for Pierce Hall and Cutler Hall
Financing
Partially financed from United States Army fees
This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
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