Chronology of the Michigan Agricultural College
1855–1870 1871–1885 1886–1900 1901–1915 1916–1925
Year | Event or Building | History |
1855 | M.A.C. founded, 12 February | |
1856 | College Hall | Demolished, 1918 |
Saints’ Rest dormitory | Burned, 9 Dec. 1876 | |
Brick Horse Barn | Demolished, 1922 | |
1857 | College opens, 13 May | |
Faculty Row № 4 | Demolished, 1945 [Kuhn, p. 446] | |
Faculty Row № 5 | Demolished, 1945 [Kuhn, p. 446] | |
Faculty Row № 6 | Demolished, c. 1970 | |
Faculty Row № 7 | Existing (Cowles House) | |
1858 | Smith farmhouse moved, rebuilt as farm foreman’s house | Moved at least 3 times, by 1912 occupied by Horticulture foreman |
Students build first bridge over river | [Lautner, pp. 26–27] | |
First apple orchard planted | ||
1859 | Bumper crop of turnips | |
1860 | 1st Farm Lane bridge (wooden) | Destroyed by ice in spring thaw, 1875 |
1861 | The Reorganization | |
Seniors dismissed early to join Union army | ||
1862 | 1st Cattle Barn | |
1863 | Michigan Ave. connected to Grand River Ave. | |
1864 | 1st pear orchard | |
1865 | Built sheep barn 1st fruit from orchard |
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1866 | ||
1867 | 1st greenhouse erected, “probably by Professor Prentiss” [Beal, p. 269] | Demolished, 1874 |
1868 | ||
1869 | Farm foreman’s house built | Moved, 1900.[Beal, p. 268] |
1870 | Williams Hall | Burned, 1 Jan. 1919 |
Piggery, 34x80 feet, erected by Dr. Miles and students | Moved southeast, 1885, for Engineering Shops; “still farther back” in 1907.[Beal, p. 268] | |
Note: Italicized entries are from Beal’s “College as a River” timeline, 1913 |
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