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Rockefeller Physics

 
map Rockefeller Physics
Location: east part of Case campus Description: 3-story plus attic Italian Renaissance style, mill construction of brown shale brick and stone, 75x132 feet; containing laboratories, library, offices, classrooms
The names of scientists which appear around the exterior near the top are:
west face: Rowland, Fresnel, Chladni, Galileo, Archimedes, Newton, Huyghens, Carnot, Helmholtz, Maxwell;
north face: Henry, Koenig, Kepler, Kelvin, Arago, Fraunhofer, Joule;
east face: Ohm, Fizeau, Oersted, Young, Stokes, Regnault, Verdet, Gilbert, Pascal, Ampere, Wheatstone;
south face (covered by the 1959 addition): Boyle, Faraday, Foucault, Franklin, Volta, Mersenne, Hertz.

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


Other Names
Physics
1904-1905: Physical Laboratory
The Rockefeller Physical Laboratory
Named For John D. Rockefeller, friend    


Constructed 1905-1906    
Architect William R. Watterson
General Contractor
The Samuel Austin and Son Co.


Cost 1905: $96,042.22
Financing
1905: Gift of $110,000 from John D. Rockefeller, friend

Occupants
1906-1949+: Case Physics Dept.
Uses
1906-1949+: Research and teaching, library, offices



Ceremonies
Betatron dedicated: 2/2/1949
 

Alterations and Modifications


Description
1948-1949: Built Betatron vault underground, south of building
Cost
$75,000

 


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