Location: southern part of Adelbert campus,
west side of Adelbert Road
Description: 3-story building of 27,318 net square
feet, containing offices, classrooms, labs; attached to Cutler Hall by hallway
on east side of building
This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
Formal Name
Pierce Hall
Named For
George Pierce, WRC president
Other Names
1930-1931: Pierce-Cutler Hall
1888-1892, 1930-1931: Adelbert Hall
1934: Adelbert Dorm
Dormitory
Constructed
?-1882
Cost
1882: ca. $45,000 ($177,000-$181,000
for Adelbert Main Building and Pierce Hall)
Financing
1881: Gift of $50,000 and part of
$30,969.79 from Amasa Stone
Occupants
1882-?
Adelbert College students
1886-?
Case students
1894-1896
School of Law
1897-1903
?
1904-1916
School of Library Science (south end of 1st and 2nd floors)
1913
Delta Tau Delta fraternity
1916?-1918
School of Library Science (south end of 1st and 2nd floors)
and School of Applied Social Sciences
1918
Student Army Training Corps
1919
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
1919-1923
Zeta Beta Tau fraternity
1920-1921
Psi Omega fraternity
1921-1922
Kappa Nu fraternity
1922-1924
Delta Theta Pi fraternity, Phi Delta Phi fraternity
1923-1924
Alpha Kappa Upsilon fraternity, Phi Delta Chi fraternity
1924
Tau Epsilon Rho fraternity
1925
WRU Geology Dept., School of Library Science, School of Pharmacy
1926
Phi Delta Gamma fraternity
1927-1929
?
1930-1932+
School of Library Science, WRU Geology Dept. and WRU Chemistry
Dept.
1933
School of Pharmacy, Classics Dept. library
?-1943
WRU English Dept., Political Science Dept., Sociology Dept., Speech
Dept., WRU Geology and Geography Dept., Pharmacognosy Dept., School of Applied
Social Sciences, School of Pharmacy, WRU Chemistry Dept.
1943-1944
United States Army Air Corps trainees (28th College Training
Detachment (Air Crew))
1945
?
1946
School of Architecture, WRU Geology and Geography Dept., WRU English
Dept., Speech Dept., Political Science Dept., Sociology Dept., Religion
Dept., WRU Chemistry Dept.
1947-1948
?
1949+
School of Architecture
Uses
1882-?
Residence
1894-1912
Academic or administrative
1913
Residence
1914-1916
?
1916-1918
Academic or administrative
1918-1926
Residence
1925-1943
Classes, research, and offices
1943-1944
Residence
1946-?
Classes, research, and offices
Ceremonies
Dedication: 10/26/1882
Trivia
First WRU men's dormitory
Alterations and Modifications
Description
1925: Unspecified alterations
Architect
Charles W. Hopkinson
General Contractor
A. A. Lane Construction
Co.
Cost
$76,000
Financing
?
Alterations and Modifications
Description
1930: Remodeled basement and 3rd floor
Cost
$27,000 estimated
Financing
Operating funds
Alterations and Modifications
Description
1943: Convered classrooms and offices to barracks
Cost
$16,301.39 for Pierce Hall and Cutler Hall
Financing
Partially financed from United States Army fees
This summary was compiled by staff of the University Archives from sources in the custody of the Archives.
