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Village Housing: 45 N. Cedar Street
Like the Oakes House at 35 N. Cedar, this is an American Foursquare house, but with Queen Anne elements. Benjamin Talmadge Strong and his wife Mary (nee Camp) were listed here from 1890 to 1904. According to their grandson, Jarvis Strong, Benjamin…
Soldiers Monument
The Soldiers Monument was built in 1870 at a cost of $5,000. Professor Charles H. Churchill, who taught mathematics and natural philosophy at Oberlin, was the architect. It was located on the southeast corner of College and Professor Streets. On it…
John Frederick Oberlin Monument
Oberlin College did not erect a monument to its namesake until 1995, about a decade after Robert Sherwood Hunt, Class of 1939, began raising funds for it. After Hunt's sudden death in 1990 several of his friends saw the project to completion. Oberlin…
Wilder Hall
From the College's founding men had lived in boarding houses scattered throughout the town. The College had built dormitories for women, including Talcott and Baldwin, but not for men. This building, constructed from a design by architect Joseph…
Warner Hall
In June, 1883, the announcement was made that Dr. and Mrs. Lucien C. Warner, of New York, proposed to erect a building for the Conservatory. Ground was broken in November, 1883, and the cornerstone was laid in January, 1884. The building was…
Spear Library-Laboratory
Spear Library was the gift of Charles C. Spear, of Pittsfield, Mass. The cornerstone was laid October 6, 1884; it was dedicated November 2, 1885. The building was made of stone and measured 70 by 70 feet. It was named in honor of the donor, who also…
Severance Hall
Severance Chemical Laboratory, now Severance Hall, was the gift of Louis H. Severance, of Cleveland. The construction was begun in 1899, and the cornerstone was laid May 31, 1900. It was dedicated with appropriate exercises September 26, 1901. Mr.…
Rice Memorial Hall
Constructed in the years 1909 and 1910, Rice Hall was named in commemoration of the life services of Professor Fenelon B. Rice and Mrs. Helen M. Rice. Professor Rice was for thirty-one years the Director of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and to…
Warner Center for the Performing Arts
Ground was broken for Warner Gymnasium, built of Ohio Sandstone, in August, 1900, and the building was completed in the fall of 1901. It was named in honor of its donors, Dr. and Mrs. Lucien C. Warner, of New York, who provided funds for the building…
Memorial Arch
The Memorial Arch was erected as a memorial to the missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions who lost their lives in the Boxer uprising in China in 1900. The cornerstone of the Arch was laid October 16, 1902, and it was…
Peters Hall
Ground was broken for Peters Hall in the spring of 1885 and it was dedicated on January 26, 1887. The building was made possible by gifts from Captain Alva Bradley, of Cleveland, Ohio, and from Hon. Richard G. Peters of Manistee, Michigan. Peters…
Haskell Fountain
The white Carrera marble, red porphyry and bronze fountain in front of the Allen Memorial Art Museum is a memorial to Katharine Wright Haskell by her husband, Henry "Harry" J. Haskell. Both Katharine and Harry were students at Oberlin; Katharine…
Talcott Hall
On this site originally stood the Second Ladies Hall, a three-story brick dormitory of Italianate design built during the Civil War. When it burned in January 1886, the College first planned to rebuild it using the bricks of the burnt-out shell. But…
Allen Memorial Art Building
A gift from the estate of Oberlin physician Dudley Peter Allen (OC 1875) in 1915 provided the College with an opportunity to create an art building to showcase its art collections and support the art curriculum. Dr. Allen admired Cass Gilbert's…
Finney Memorial Chapel
In 1903 College president Henry Churchill King approached Frederick Norton Finney, former President Charles Grandison Finney’s son, about construction of a new chapel to honor the former, illustrious president. F.N. Finney responded favorably…
Carnegie Building (Carnegie Library)
The Carnegie Building, originally Carnegie Library, gift of Andrew Carnegie, is located at the northeast corner of Professor and Lorain Streets. The building is constructed of Amherst sandstone; its dimensions were originally 135 by 110 feet. Patton…
Baldwin Cottage
The construction of Baldwin Cottage, a small-dorm complement to stately Talcott which rose more or less simultaneously next door, began soon after the 1886 fire which destroyed the Second Ladies Hall. It was named for Elbert Baldwin, a Cleveland dry…
Cox Administration Building
Construction of the sandstone Cox Administration Building began in 1913 and was completed in 1915. It was named in memory of Jacob Dolson Cox, an Oberlin graduate, Union army general, and Ohio politician, by one of Cox’s sons, J.D. Cox. The…