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Description 4 stories plus basement and sub-basement of buff brick facing and limestone trim, each floor 32,000 square feetThis property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
Formal Names Harland Goff Wood Building
Named For Harland Goff Wood, faculty
Other Names Medical School
Constructed 1922-1924
Architect Coolidge and Shattuck
General Contractor Lundoff-Bicknell Co.
Cost 1922: approximately $2.5 million for Wood Building, Animal Hospital, 1924, Power House, tunnels
Financing 1922: Gift of $2.5 million from Samuel Mather, trusteeOccupants 1924-1949+: School of Medicine
Uses 1924-1949+: Academic or administrativeCeremonies Cornerstone laying: 4/18/1923 Dedication: 10/9/1924
Trivia First University Circle School of Medicine building
Alterations and Modifications
Description 1947: Converted space to a centralized library
Financing gift from William Gwinn Mather, trustee
This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
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