Introduction

Origins

The City

Collegeville (1887, 1895)
College Delta (1897, 1899)
Oakwood (1899)
Cedar Bank (1900)
College Grove (1903)
Fairview (1903, 1905)
College Heights (1904)

Charter of 1907

Avondale (1913)
Bungalow Knolls (1915)
Chesterfield Hills (1916)
Ardson Heights (1919)
Ridgely Park (1920)
Oak Ridge (1924)
Strathmore (1925)
Glen Cairn (1926)

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

National Historic Register

Buildings with “NR” alongside their names are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. A complete listing of East Lansing sites with the NR designation is very short. All NRHP sites are also listed as state historic sites.

Horticultural Laboratory Building, campus (1888)

Masonic Temple, 314 M.A.C. Ave. (1916)

Central School, 325 W. Grand River (1917)

Michigan State Medical Society Building, 120 W. Saginaw Hwy. (1961)

 

State Historic Register

Buildings with “SR” alongside their names are listed in the Michigan State Register of Historic Places. A complete listing of East Lansing sites with the SR designation is included here in chronological order.

Bigelow–Kuhn–Thomas House, 334 N. Hagadorn (1849)

Alonzo Proctor Tollhouse (c. 1851)

College Hall site, campus (1856, 1928)

Faculty Row № 7 / Cowles House, campus (1857)

Dr. James F. Smiley House, Okemos (c. 1870, demolished 2015)

Beal Botanical Garden, campus (1873)

Library–Museum, campus (1881)

Horticultural Laboratory Building, campus (1888) NR

Laboratory Row, campus (1889–1909)

C. D. Woodbury Mansion, 415 M.A.C. Ave. (1903)

Masonic Temple, 314 M.A.C. Ave. (1916) NR

Central School, 325 W. Grand River (1917) NR

Orchard Street Pumphouse, 368 Orchard St. (1934)

Charles W. Bachman House, 929 Roxburgh (1937)

Michigan State Medical Society Building, 120 W. Saginaw Hwy. (1961)

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