Old Laboratory

Date

1838-1883

Location

South Professor Street near College Street, site of the Conservatory

Architects/Collaborators

Builder unknown

Style

Greek Revival

History

The Old Laboratory, located south of Colonial Hall, was built in 1838 according to plans obtained by Dr. James Dascomb, Professor of Chemistry, Botany and Physiology, when a student at Dartmouth and Yale. It was a one-story brick building, 30 by 50 feet. It contained a laboratory, a lecture room, and a private work-room for Professor Dascomb. He continued to use this building for nearly forty years. In 1868 the building was remodelled, the seats were lowered, and the lecture room was used later as a general recitation room. It was torn down in 1883 to provide a site for Sturges Hall, used primarily as an assembly hall for young women.

Source

Oberlin College Archives, Office of the Secretary Records.