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Weltzheimer/Johnson House
The Weltzheimer/Johnson House stands as another expression of Frank Lloyd Wright's answer to the demand for beautiful and affordable middle-class homes in post-World War II America. Pairing innovation with basic owner-builder construction materials…
Burton Hall
Burton Hall was named in honor of trustee and Republican U.S. congressman Theodore Elijah Burton of the Class of 1872. His sister, Mary, married Civil War hero Giles Waldo Shurtleff, a professor, secretary and treasurer, and member of the Board of…
Wright Laboratory of Physics
The Physics Laboratory, renamed the Wilbur and Orville Wright Laboratory of Physics in 1948, was constructed during the Second World War of concrete with an exterior of Indiana Limestone. The reinforced concrete was a wartime building material in…
Federal Hall
At the close of the Second World War, the G.I. Bill enabled scores of discharged servicemen to attend college, swelling the ranks of students across the country. Federal Hall was a temporary housing solution for such students at Oberlin. The building…
Service Building
The Service Building is a one and two-story structure next to the 90-foot high Central Heating Plant. Initially the Service Building housed the Department of Buildings and Grounds. Today the building houses administrative offices such as Human…
Central Heating Plant (2nd)
The second heating plant to be built on campus, located next to the Service Building on Lorain Street, stands 90 feet high at its top. Like the old plant it was designed to supply steam heat on campus using coal-fired boilers. An addition was built…
Jones Field House
The George M. Jones Field House, a war surplus building adapted for use by the College in 1947-48, was a former World War II-era U.S. Navy drill hall that was moved here from Camp Perry, Virginia. New York architect Eldredge Snyder, who supervised…
Fairchild House (residence hall)
The grand-niece of President James Harris Fairchild (1817-1902), Mrs. Amy Frances Fairchild Williams, together with her husband, contributed a substantial sum for a new women's dormitory for 80 women, Fairchild House. The residence hall stands on the…