Grey Gables

Date

1890-1946 (private); 1946-1963 (college)

Location

163 West College Street (demolished; approximate location of the Lewis Center parking lot)

Architects/Collaborators

Builder unknown

Style

Dutch Colonial Revival

History

This house was purchased by the College in 1946 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Dudley for use as a women's dormitory. It had been operated by the Dudleys as a private women's dormitory and dining hall for men and women prior to purchase by the College. At that time the house provided accommodations for 43 women and provided board for 82 men and women. There was a garage with living quarters for 3 women on the 2nd floor. Beginning in 1951-52 the College leased the house to the student Grey Gables Cooperative. The house was demolished sometime in 1963-64.

Sources

Oberlin College Archives, Office of the Secretary Records.

Oberlin College Archives, unpublished report on College buildings and projects by Karl Aughenbaugh with photographs by Geoffrey Blodgett, ca. 1953, RG 21 Oberlin File, IV. A. College Miscellany.