Pyle Inn

Date

1889-1931 (private); 1931-1975 (college)

Location

158 West College Street (demolished)

Architects/Collaborators

Builder unknown

Style

Victorian: Queen Anne

History

For many years a private dormitory for women, owned by Mrs. Lettie H. Pyle, the property at 158 West College Street was purchased by the College in 1931 and from that time on was operated as a house of residence for women. It furnished rooms for thirty women and provided table board for thirty additional students. Beginning in 1934 Pyle Inn was operated on a co-operative basis. It was refurbished in 1963-64, then torn down in 1975.

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Oberlin College Archives, unpublished report on College buildings and projects by Karl Aughenbaugh with photographs by Geoffrey Blodgett, ca. 1953, RG 21 Oberlin File, IV.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