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Rockefeller Mining and Metallurgy

 
map Rockefeller Mining and Metallurgy
Location: southwest part of Case campus Description: 2-story building of Italian Renaissance style, mill construction using brown shale dull glazed brick with tooled stone trimmings, 70x145 feet; containing laboratories, museum, classrooms, offices, shops

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


Other Names
Mining and Metallurgy
The Rockefeller Laboratory for Metallurgy and Mining Engineering
The Rockefeller Laboratory for Metallurgical Engineering
Mining Engineering Laboratory
Mining Laboratory
Named For John D. Rockefeller, friend    


Constructed 1904-1905    
Architect Charles W. Hopkinson
General Contractor
The Samuel Austin & Son Co.


Cost 1904: $62,422 or $76,363.14
Financing
1904: Gift of $75,000 from John D. Rockefeller, friend

Occupants
1905-1931: Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Dept.
1931-1939: Metallurgical Engineering Dept. and Chemical Engineering Dept.
1940-1949+: Metallurgical Engineering Dept.
Uses
1905-1949+: Research and teaching, offices, workshops, museum



Trivia
Second vertical addition to a campus building
 

Alterations and Modifications


Description
1931: Remodeled southwest wing

Alterations and Modifications


Rockefeller Mining


Description
1946: third story
Architect
Walker & Weeks
General Contractor
The Hadlock Krill Company
Cost
$181,000
Financing
Gift of $111,700 from Alice Rockefeller, friend; Gift of $12,500 from George A. Yost, alumnus

 


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