Michigan Agricultural College

Chronology

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, c.1912?

1857	College opens, 13 May
	Faculty Row No.4	Demolished, 1945 [Kuhn, p.446]
	Faculty Row No.5	Demolished, 1945 [Kuhn, p.446]
	Faculty Row No.6	Demolished, c. 1970
	Faculty Row No.7	Existing (Cowles House)
	Smith farmhouse moved?, rebuilt

1858	Farm foreman's house
	First apple orchard planted

1859	Bumper crop of turnips

1860	1st Farm Lane bridge	Replaced, c. 1880s (Beal, p.89, cites Professor Johnson's 1889 report of the previous ten years which includes "a new iron bridge over the Cedar.")
	5 brick dwellings and barn (now shop) built

1861	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

1866

1867	1st greenhouse erected	Demolished, c. 1892-1902 (for 2nd bath house) [Beal, p.269]

1868

1869	Farm foreman's house built	Moved, 1900. [Beal, p.268]

1870	Williams Hall	Burned, 1919
	Piggery, 34x80 feet, erected by Dr. Miles and students	Moved southeast, 1889, for Engineering Shops; "still farther back" in 1907. [Beal, p.268]
	DL&LM Railroad crosses farm (Kuhn, p.80 says 1871... this might be the date when the line finally reached Lansing?)	later Pere Marquette, then Chesapeake & Ohio, today CSX Railroad

	Note: Italicized entries are from Beal's "College as a River" timeline, 1913

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