Description: 4-story building of buff sandstone
of 47,109 net square feet
This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
Other Names
Main Building
Adelbert College
Adelbert Main Building
Adelbert College Administration Building
College Building
Constructed
7/1881-1883
Architect
1881: Joseph Ireland
Cost
1881: ca. $136,000 ($177,000-$181,000
for Adelbert Main Building and Pierce Hall)
Financing
1881: Gift of $100,000 plus part
of $30,969.79 from Amasa Stone
Occupants
1882-1885
all Adelbert College
academic departments and library, WRU President, WRU Secretary-Treasurer
1886-1888
all Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President,
WRU Secretary-Treasurer, Case
1888-1893
all Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President,
WRU Secretary-Treasurer
1894-1895
some Adelbert College academic departments and library, WRU President,
WRU Secretary-Treasurer
1896-1918
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU
Secretary-Treasurer
1918-1922
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU
Secretary-Treasurer, School of Applied Social Sciences
1922-1925
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU
Secretary-Treasurer
1925-1934
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU
Secretary-Treasurer, WRU Dean of University Administration
1934-1941
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU
Financial Vice President and Secretary
1941-1945
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU
Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President
1945-1946
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU
Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President,
School of Architecture
1947
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU Financial
Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President, School of
Architecture, WRU Development Vice President
1948-1949
some Adelbert College academic departments, WRU President, WRU
Financial Vice President and Secretary, WRU Educational Vice President,
School of Architecture, WRU Development Vice President, WRU Graduate School
Dean
Uses
1882-1949+
Academic and administrative
Ceremonies
Dedication: 10/26/1882
Trivia
First WRU building in University
Circle
Alterations and Modifications
Description
1886: Telephone installed
1889: Hand elevator installed
1897: Tower rebuilt
1901: Interior and west entrance remodeled
1910: New boilers, conduits, etc. constructed
1919: Electrical wiring of 2nd, 3rd, 4th floors
1920: Converted chapel on second floor to a lecture hall
1922: Basement renovated and new east entrance built
1927-1928: Unspecified alterations
Architect
1922: Abram Garfield
General Contractor
1910: Page & Corbusier
Cost
1886: ?
1889: ca. $150
1897: $4,430.24
1901: ca. $60,000
1910: $8,586.50 estimated
1919: $2,005 estimated
1920: ?
1922: ca. $10,900
1927-1928: $1,791.50
Financing
1886: ?
1889: ?
1897: Gift of unknown amount from Flora Stone Mather
1901: Gift of unknown amount from Alfred A. Pope
1910: ?
1919: ?
1920: ?
1922: Gift of $10,900 from Samuel Mather
1927-1928: ?
Donors
1897: Flora Stone Mather,
friend
1901: Alfred A. Pope, trustee
1922: Samuel Mather, trustee
This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
