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• 1 2020-12-11T21:29:32+00:00 New Location 43 plain 6438 2021-10-14T17:35:49+00:00 The School was looking to expand and for that it needed additional space. The opportunity for a new site came with the railroad magnate Amasa Stone's donation to relocate Western Reserve College from Hudson to Cleveland in 1880. Stone and many others believed that Case and Western Reserve should exist in “close proximity and harmony” to their mutual benefit sharing resources and accommodations. Case trustees contributed $10,000 to the $100,000 needed to purchase the land. One condition of Stone’s gift was the Case School move.
  
  The 43 acres of land west of Adelbert Road and south of Euclid Avenue were acquired from the farm of Liberty Holden with a small part coming from the farm of Martha Ford. The land was split between Case School of Applied Sciences on the western side and Western Reserve on the eastern side of the land.
  
  Western Reserve College moved to Cleveland in 1882 and was renamed Adelbert College of Western Reserve University. In April 1883, Case Trustees approved ground breaking for Case Main on the newly dedicated land adjacent to Adelbert College of Western Reserve University. 
  
  

  
  
  
  
  Case Main opened in September 1885 and it was the first building to host students at its new location in University Circle.  The building in downtown Cleveland was maintained as business headquarters until Cleveland advanced its  Mall Plan.
  
  
  The two campuses were separated by a fence.  
  
  
  
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  Case Main was designed by Prof. Eisenmann. The three-story building included a full basement and an attic. At the time it opened, the first two floors were available for classrooms while the top two floors were still under construction. The basement was used as laboratory space. The attic was later used as a gymnasium.
  
  
  In 1885, the first five students graduated with degrees in civil engineering. These five were the founders of the Case Alumni Association. In 1886, the Case Alumni Association was founded, with  Daniel R Warmington ('85) as president, Morris S. Towson ('86) as vice-president, William E. Saunders ('86) as secretary, and Edgar E. Stark ('86) as treasurer. The Association approved a Constitution and badge in 1887.
  
  
  During the 1885/1886 school year, there were a total of fifty-one students enrolled: twenty-five freshmen, ten sophomores, five juniors, nine seniors, and two special students. At that time, the School had four Courses of Study (tracks): Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Mathematics and Astronomy, and Physics.
  
  
  
  For the first six years after the Case School was incorporated, the trustees followed the instructions of Leonard Case, Jr. and, with the advice of consultants, launched operations in the Case Family Homestead; identified the course offerings; selected the faculty; and moved the School to a new location.
  
  By 1886, the trustees decided it was time to place the leadership in the hands of an experienced educator and administrator. They invited Cady Staley to join Case School of Applied Science as its first President in 1886.