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Wood Building |
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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 |
This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
Formal Name |
Harland Goff Wood Building |
Named For |
Harland Goff Wood, faculty |
Other Names |
Medical School |
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| Constructed |
1922-1924 |
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| 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, trustee |
Occupants |
1924-1949+: School of Medicine
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Uses |
1924-1949+: Academic or administrative |
Ceremonies |
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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