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Baker Building, 1957

 
Baker Building, 1957
Location: southwest corner of Adelbert Road and Euclid Avenue Description: 250 x 65 feet; 60,000 square feet; 3 floors with ground floor and lower level

Formal Name
Newton D. Baker Memorial Building
Named For
Newton D. Baker, trustee
Other Names
Baker Building    


Constructed 4/1957 - 10/1958 Razed 11/2004
Architect Garfield, Harris, Schafer, Flynn & Williams
General Contractor
The Cleveland Construction Company


Cost 1958: $1,526,950?
Financing
1958: proceeds from sale of Newton Diehl Baker Memorial and the Card Building; gifts from alumni and other sources

Occupants
1958-1959 Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., WRU Mathematics and Statistics Dept.
  1959-1961 Bureau of Business Research, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., WRU Mathematics and Statistics Dept.
  1961-1963 Bureau of Business Research, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., WRU Political Science Dept.
  1963-1965 Bureau of Business Research, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., WRU Philosophy Dept.
  1965-1968 Bureau of Business Research, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off.
  1968-1969 Dively Center, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off.
  1969-1971 Dively Center, Cleveland College, Management
  1971-1972 Dively Center, Cleveland College, Management, Instructional Computing Off.
  1972-1974 Dively Center, Western Reserve College, Management, Instructional Computing Off., Continuing Education Off.
  1974-1975 Alumni Office, Complex Systems Institute, Continuing Education Off., Instructional Computing Off., Library Science, Western Reserve College
  1975-1977 Alumni Office, Development, Continuing Education Off., Instructional Computing Off., Library Science, Western Reserve College
  1977-1981 Development, Continuing Education Off., Instructional Computing Off., Library Science, Western Reserve College
  1981-1985 Development, Continuing Education Off., Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Library Science, Western Reserve College
  1985-1986 Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Library Science, Western Reserve College, Undergraduate Studies Off.
  1986-1987 Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Western Reserve College, Undergraduate Studies Off.
  1987-1990 Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off.
  1990-1991 Information Systems Off., Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off.
  1991-1993 Information Systems Off., Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off., Internal Audit
  1993-2000 Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off., Internal Audit
  2000-2003 Plant Services, Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies Off., Internal Audit
  2003-2004 Plant Services, Alumni Office, Development, Instructional Computing Off., Graduate Studies, Internal Audit
Uses 1958-2004 classes, offices, ceremonies, performances and lectures



Ceremonies
Groundbreaking: 4/28/1957 Cornerstone: 11/2/1957 Dedication: 11/16/1958
Trivia
First University building razed in the 21st century.

Alterations and Modifications



Description
1981: renovation of Baker Lounge
Cost
$45,000
Financing
operating funds


This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.

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