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- Tags: seminary
Council Hall
The construction of Council Hall was begun in 1871, and the cornerstone was laid at the meeting of the National Council of Congregational Churches, held in Oberlin in November of that year. It was dedicated at the Commencement exercises in 1874, and…
Tags: 1870s, brick and mortar, chapel, dormitory, late 19th century, seminary
Theological Quadrangle (Bosworth Hall, Asia House, Fairchild Chapel)
The quadrangle complex, designed by Cass Gilbert and his son, and opened in 1931, was built for the College's Graduate School of Theology, closed in 1965. The complex, comprising Bosworth Hall, Shipherd Hall, and Fairchild Chapel, was designed to…
Tags: 1930s, between the wars, chapel, collonnade, courtyard, early 20th century, limestone, organ, seminary, tile roof, tower