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)