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Hitchcock Hall

 
map Hitchcock Hall
Location: 11105 Euclid Avenue Description: 3-story brick building of 189,698 cubic feet

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


Formal Name
Hitchcock Hall
Named For
Henry Lawrence Hitchcock, WRC president
Other Names
Case Library
Graduate School
   



Cost 1926: $675,000 for Euclid Avenue, 11015, Health Service Building, Hitchcock Hall, Psychology Laboratory
Financing
1926: Loan

Occupants
1926-1/1927?: Ursuline College
ca. 1927: WRU Graduate School
1928-1934: WRU Graduate School and Case Library
1934-1941: WRU Graduate School, Case Library and WRU University Library
1941-1947: WRU Graduate School and WRU University Library
1948: WRU University Library
1949+?: WRU University Library, WRU Registrar, WRU Placement Service, and Housing Bureau
Uses
1926-1/1927?: Academic and administrative
1927: Offices
1928-1947: Offices and library
1948: Library
1949+?: Offices and library


Bought
1926: from Cleveland Catholic Diocese
Leased
1926-1/1927: to Ursuline College




Alterations and Modifications


Description
1927: Unspecified alterations
Architect
Charles W. Hopkinson

 


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