Chronology of the Michigan Agricultural College
1855–1870 1871–1885 1886–1900 1901–1915 1916–1925
Year | Event or Building | History |
1871 | Chemical Laboratory | Demolished, 1955 |
DL&LM Railroad crosses farm | Later Pere Marquette, then Chesapeake & Ohio, today CSX Railroad | |
1872 | 2nd Horse Barn, 38x100 feet | Moved, used for tools and implements and a wash-room for men [Beal, p. 269] |
1873 | Botanic Garden (Beal wants 1877) | Existing |
“The Rock” (Gift, Class of 1873) | Moved, 1985 | |
1874 | President’s house (Faculty Row № 1) | Demolished, 20 Mar. 1946 |
Faculty Row № 2 | Demolished, 1946 [Kuhn, p. 446] |
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Faculty Row № 3 | Demolished, 1946 [Kuhn, p. 446] |
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2nd greenhouse, the first in a new complex near Botanic Garden | Demolished, 1918 [Lautner, p. 58] | |
Wagon bridge over brook & hollow | Removed, 1888 | |
Foot bridge betw. FR and college | Removed, 1888 | |
1875 | 2nd Farm Lane bridge (wooden) | Replaced, 1888 |
2nd pear orchard planted on the hill | ||
1876 | Saints’ Rest burns | |
1877 | 1st Wells Hall | Burned, 11 Feb. 1905 |
1st Dam in Red Cedar River | ||
Grand Trunk RR crosses farm | Canadian National RR | |
Botanic Garden started Arboretum started |
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1878 | Corn house | |
1879 | Faculty Row № 8 | Demolished, 1931 |
Double row of elms planted | Died off, c. 1930s–1960s | |
1880 | 1st Botany Lab | Burned, 23 Mar. 1890 |
1st Observatory | Demolished | |
Ice house, 20x30 feet | Burned, summer 1906 [Beal, p. 270] |
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1881 | Library–Museum | Existing (Linton Hall) |
1882 | 1st addition to Chem Lab | Demolished, 1955 |
1st Boiler house | Demolished, 1923 | |
1883 | Fountain (Gift, Class of 1883) | Moved, 1930s; today, unknown. |
Grain barn and 1st silo | ||
1884 | Faculty Row № 9 | Moved twice: 1919 to Grand River Ave., 1924 to 217 Beech St.; existing. |
Apiary (“Bee-house”) | Converted to Professor’s residence, 1893; demolished, 1926. | |
1885 | Faculty Row № 10 | Demolished, 1949 |
Armory | Demolished, 1938 | |
Mechanical Shop – Engineering | Burned, 5 Mar. 1916 | |
Veterinary Lab | Demolished, 1930 | |
Note: Italicized entries are from Beal’s “College as a River” timeline, 1913 |