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  Location

  southeast side of Adelbert Road
  
  Description
  4 stories plus basement and sub-basement of buff brick facing and limestone trim, each floor 32,000 square feet

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

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  Formal Names
  Harland Goff Wood Building
  
  Named For
  Harland Goff Wood, faculty
  
  Other Names
  Medical School                 

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  Constructed
  1922-1924
  
  Architect
  Coolidge and Shattuck
  
  General Contractor
  Lundoff-Bicknell Co.

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  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, trustee

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  Occupants
  1924-1949+: School of Medicine
  
  Uses
  1924-1949+: Academic or administrative

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  Ceremonies
  Cornerstone laying: 4/18/1923
  Dedication: 10/9/1924
  
  Trivia
  First University Circle School of Medicine building

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  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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