Origins
The City
Collegeville (1887, 1895)
College Delta (1898, 1899)
Oakwood (1899)
Cedar Banks (1900)
College Grove (1903)
Fairview (1904, 1905)
College Heights (1904)
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
Sites on the National and State Historic Registers
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 |
| 1872 | 2nd (New) Horse Barn, 38x100 feet, where front of Ag Hall is now. 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, 1986 | |
| 1874 | President's house (Faculty Row No.1) | Demolished, 20 Mar. 1946 |
| Faculty Row No.2 | Demolished, 1945-6 [Kuhn, p.446] |
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| Faculty Row No.3 | Demolished, 1945-6 [Kuhn, p.446] |
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| First (second) greenhouse | Demolished, 1918 [Lautner, p.58] | |
| Wagon bridge over brook & hollow | Removed, 1888 | |
| Foot bridge betw. FR and college | Removed, 1888 | |
| 1875 | 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 | |
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Botanic Garden started |
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| 1878 | Corn house | |
| 1879 | 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 | |
| 1st Boiler house built | ||
| 1883 | Fountain (Gift, Class of 1883) | Moved, 1930s; today, unknown. |
| Grain barn and 1st silo | ||
| 1884 | Faculty Row No.8 |
Demolished, c. 1948. |
| Faculty Row No.9 | Moved, c. 1922 to 217 Beech St. | |
| Station Terrace |
Moved c. 1923-4 to 291 Durand St. |
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| 1885 | Faculty Row No.10 | Demolished, c. 1922 |
| Armory | Demolished, 1939 | |
| Mechanical Shop - Engineering | Burned, 1916 | |
| Veterinary Lab | Demolished, c. 1930 | |
| Note: Italicized entries are from Beal's "College as a River" timeline, 1913 | ||
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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