Geography Building/East Lodge

Date

1840s-1898 (private); 1898-1960 (college)

Location

86 W. Lorain Street (demolished)

Architects/Collaborators

Builder unknown

Style

Greek Revival

History

Beginning in 1929 the house on the property at 86 West Lorain Street was used for the department of Geology and Geography as headquarters for the work in Geography. The house was built in the early 1840s by Professor Henry Cowles and was located on the corner lot now occupied by Severance Chemical Laboratory. It came into the possession of the College in 1898 by purchase from Deacon John S. Peck and was removed from its former location to Lorain Street in 1900. It was remodelled in the summer of 1919 to serve as a house of residence for twenty-two men and in this capacity was known as East Lodge. From 1926-1929 it was used for the storage of library duplicates. In October, 1960 the Geography Building was razed to make way for Kettering Hall of Science.

Source

Oberlin College Archives, Office of the Secretary Records.