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  Location

  southwestern part of Case campus
  
  Description
  3-story red shale brick trimmed by Berea sandstone, reinforced concrete floors and brick panel walls carried on protected steel frame, 70% of outside walls of glass; 150x60 feet; 2 2-story wings, each 20x60 feet; containing laboratories, offices, classrooms, library

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

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  Formal Names
  Worcester Reed Warner Laboratory
  
  Named For
  Worcester Reed Warner, trustee
  
  Other Names
  Worcester Reed Warner Laboratory of Mechanics and Hydraulics             

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  Constructed
  1927-1928
  
  Architect
  Wilbur Watson and Associates
  
  General Contractor
  The Albert M. Higley Company

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  Cost   
  $155,811
  
  Financing
  Gift of $200,000 from Worcester Reed Warner, trustee; Gift of $10,000 from William Harkness, friend; Gift of $10,000 from F. E. Drury, trustee 

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  Occupants
  1928-1934: Applied Mechanics Dept.
  1934-1944: Mechanics and Materials Dept. and Civil Engineering Dept.
  1944-1949+: Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Dept.
  
  Uses
  1928-1949+: Research, offices, classes, library

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  Trivia
  First Case Trustee for whom two buildings were formally named
  
  This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
  
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