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  Location

  southwest part of Case campus
  
  Description
  2-story building of Italian Renaissance style, mill construction using brown shale dull glazed brick with tooled stone trimmings, 70x145 feet; containing laboratories, museum, classrooms, offices, shops

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  This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.

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  Other Names
  Mining and Metallurgy
  The Rockefeller Laboratory for Metallurgy and Mining Engineering
  The Rockefeller Laboratory for Metallurgical Engineering
  Mining Engineering Laboratory
  Mining Laboratory
  
  Named For
  John D. Rockefeller, friend

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  Constructed
  1904-1905
  
  Architect
  Charles W. Hopkinson
  
  General Contractor
  The Samuel Austin & Son Co.

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  Cost
  1904: $62,422 or $76,363.14
  
  Financing
  1904: Gift of $75,000 from John D. Rockefeller, friend

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  Occupants
  1905-1931: Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Dept.
  1931-1939: Metallurgical Engineering Dept. and Chemical Engineering Dept.
  1940-1949+: Metallurgical Engineering Dept.
  
  Uses
  1905-1949+: Research and teaching, offices, workshops, museum

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  Trivia
  Second vertical addition to a campus building

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1931: Remodeled southwest wing

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  Alterations and Modifications
  
  Description
  1946: third story
  
  Architect
  Walker & Weeks
  
  General Contractor

  The Hadlock Krill Company

  
  Cost
  $181,000
  
  Financing
  Gift of $111,700 from Alice Rockefeller, friend; Gift of $12,500 from George A. Yost, alumnus
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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