Oberlin College Buildings

The following chronological listing of buildings on the Oberlin College campus includes date of construction and the architect.

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Allencroft

1861

architect unknown

Westervelt Hall

1874

Walter Blythe (Cleveland)

Johnson House

1885

architect unknown

Peters Hall

1885

Weary & Kramer (Akron)

Baldwin Cottage

1887

Weary & Kramer (Akron)

Talcott Hall

1887

Weary & Kramer (Akron)

Shurtleff Cottage

1892

Weary & Kramer (Akron)

Tank Hall

1896

F. A. Coburn (Cleveland)

Severance Laboratory

1900

Howard Van Doren Shaw (Chicago)

Warner Gymnasium

1900

Normand Patton (Chicago)

Old Barrows

1901

Howard Van Doren Shaw (Chicago)

Memorial Arch

1903

J. L. Silsbee (Chicago)

Finney Chapel

1908

Cass Gilbert (New York)

Carnegie Library

1908

Normand Patton (Chicago)

Rice Hall

1910

A. B. Jennings (New York)

Wilder Hall

1911

J. L. Silsbee (Chicago)

Keep Cottage

1913

Normand Patton (Chicago)

Cox Administration Building

1915

Cass Gilbert (New York)

Allen Memorial Art Building

1917

Cass Gilbert (New York)

President's House

1920

Clarence Ward (Oberlin)

Stadium

1925

Osborn Eng. Co. (Cleveland)

Quadrangle

1931

Cass Gilbert (New York)

Crane Pool

1931

Walker and Weeks (Cleveland)

Noah Hall

1932

C. W. Frank (Akron)

Hales Gymnasium

1939

Richard Kimball (New York)

Wright Physics Laboratory

1942

E. J. Schulte (Cincinnati)

Burton Hall

1946

Mellenbrook, Foley & Scott (Berea)

Heating Plant/Service Building

1949

William Kemmerer/Eldredge Snyder

Jones Field House

1949

Eldredge Snyder (New York)

Harkness

1950

Eldredge Snyder (New York)

Fairchild

1950

Eldredge Snyder (New York)

Hall Auditorium

1953

Wallace Harrison (New York

Oberlin Inn

1954

Eldredge Snyder (New York)

Barrows

1956

Potter, Tyler, Martin & Roth (Cincinnati)

Dascomb

1956

Potter, Tyler, Martin & Roth (Cincinnati)

Hales Gymnasium Addition

1958

Visnapuu and Gaede (Cleveland)

Kettering Hall of Science

1961

Austin Company (Cleveland)

Williams Rink

1963

Austin Company (Cleveland)

North Hall

1963

Austin Company (Cleveland)

Conservatory of Music

1964

Minoru Yamasaki (Detroit)

King Building

1964

Minoru Yamasaki (Detroit)

South Hall

1964

Potter, Tyler, Martin & Roth (Cincinnati)

East Hall

1964

Potter, Tyler, Martin & Roth (Cincinnati)

Zechiel

1968

Moore & Hutchins (New York)

Bailey

1968

Moore & Hutchins (New York)

Barnard

1968

Moore & Hutchins (New York)

Language and Honor Dorms

1968

Moore & Hutchins (New York)

Oberlin Inn Addition

1969

Joseph Ceruti (Cleveland)

Philips Gymnasium

1971

Hugh Stubbins & Associates (Boston)

Mudd Learning Center

1974

Warner, Burns, Toan & Lundy (New York)

Art Museum Addition

1976

Robert Venturi (Philadelphia)