Case Western Reserve University Archives

Power House

Location
2250 Cummington Road

Description
2 story brick building with basement and smoke stack
This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.

Other Names
Cummington Road, 2250

Constructed
1923-ca. 1926

Cost
1923: $241,661 ($734,154 total cost shared with University Hospitals)

Financing
1923: Gift of $588,029 from Samuel Mather, trustee
Occupants
1923-1932: WRU
1932-1949+: Medical Center Company

Uses
1923-1949+: Power plant
Sold
4/1932: to Medical Center Co.
Trivia
First building constructed jointly by WRU and University Hospitals of Cleveland
Alterations and Modifications

Description
1925: Added machinery

Cost
$52,353 (total cost unknown, shared with University Hospitals)

Financing
Gift of unknown amount from Samuel Mather, trustee
Alterations and Modifications

Description
1930: Added machinery, coal handling tunnel, siding and equipment, incinerator

Cost
$402,457

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

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