Lord Cottage
Date
1892-ca. 1965Location
Southwest corner of S. Professor and Forest Streets, site of Russian HouseArchitects/Collaborators
Adam Feick & Brothers, Sandusky, OH (builder)Style
Shingle Style
History
Lord Cottage, named for its principal donor Elizabeth W.R. Lord, originally provided dormitory accommodations for forty women. The dining room offered table board for and additional thirty-five others. The builder, Adam Feick and Brothers of Sandusky, Ohio, were employed by the College for a number of other buildings on campus, under designing architects. The first story was constructed of brown stone, and the second and third in wood. After a fire in 1900, the enormous house was immediately rebuilt. It was demolished sometime around 1965.Sources
Oberlin College Archives, Office of the Secretary Records (RG 5).
Oberlin College Archives, George Feick Papers (RG 30/303).
Geolocation
Image Description
Lord Cottage before fire damage in 1900 and subsequent reconstruction.
Black and white 6 x 8 in. vintage print by T.J. (Thomas Jefferson) Rice (1854-1944), photographer, Oberlin, ca. 1895
(© Oberlin College Archives, RG 32/4)