Introduction

Origins

The City

Collegeville (1887, 1895)
College Delta (1898, 1899)
Oakwood (1899)
Cedar Banks (1900)
College Grove (1903)
Fairview (1904, 1905)
College Heights (1904)

Charter of 1907

Avondale (1913)
Bungalow Knolls (1916)
Chesterfield Hills (1916)
Ardson (1919)
Ridgeley Park (1921)
Strathmore (1925)
Glen Cairn (1926)
Bailey (1927)
Touraine (1927)

The Campus

Chronology

1855-1870
1871-1885
1886-1900
1901-1915
1916-1927

 

Interactive Map

Sites on the National and State Historic Registers

Complete list of
Significant Structures

Sources

Sanford Farness House, 730 Grove St. (1964)


Sanford Farness House, November 2003. Photo Credit: Kevin S. Forsyth.

Sanford S. Farness is Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning.

Despite its distinctive architectural style, reasons for the significance of this structure have proven elusive.

 
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M.S.U. Campus — Buildings, Places, Spaces : Architecture and the Campus Park of Michigan State University by Linda O. Stanford and C. Kurt Dewhurst

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