This path was created by Christine Liebson.
The University Downtown, 1843-1954
For 111 years of its history, at least one of Case Western Reserve University's schools was located in downtown Cleveland. Seven of Case Western Reserve University's schools began in downtown Cleveland. The University's shortest-lived school, the School of Art, affiliated with Western Reserve University from 1888-1891, was located in (old) City Hall on Superior Avenue. In 1910, the School of Pharmacy moved into the Ohio Wesleyan Medical School Building at Central Avenue and East 14th Street. The Medical Department of Ohio Wesleyan University had vacated the building earlier in the year, when it consolidated with Western Reserve University's School of Medicine. In 1888, the first year of its affiliation with Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Conservatory of Music, offered 5 courses to 254 students in the Clarence Building on Euclid Avenue. The School of Medicine was located downtown for 80 years. During its first 4 years, the School of Dentistry was housed in the School of Medicine's building at East 9th and St. Clair.
