{"id":73,"date":"2024-03-25T13:09:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMI2\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T01:01:48","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kevinforsyth.net\/ELMAC\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Notable moments in the history of Michigan State University and East Lansing, Michigan, from 1849 to 1933.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1849<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Horace Bigelow<\/a> and Augustus Sturges<\/a> settle on two adjacent properties in Meridian Township and clear a path that is now Hagadorn Road; their houses are Landmark Structures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan State Agricultural Society organized<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1850<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

State legislature establishes the Lansing and Howell Plank Road<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1851<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Robert Burcham<\/a> builds a log cabin on the future M.A.C. campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asa Proctor is commissioned to operate Tollhouse \u2116 2<\/a> on the plank road<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1852<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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1853<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

George and Elvira Towar settle on 400 acres near Lansing\u2019s Pine Lake Road in the northwest corner of Meridian Township; their 3 children would all graduate from M.A.C.: Perry G. \u201985, James D.<\/a> \u201985, and Jennie Ann \u201986.[21<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plank road<\/a> reaches Howell, connecting Lansing with Detroit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1854<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hiram Willmarth dies, leaving the Willmarth Property<\/a> to his brother Asa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1855<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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John C. Holmes<\/a> arrives at Lansing on January 14 to petition the state legislature on behalf of the Michigan State Agricultural Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAgricultural College of the State of Michigan\u201d is founded on February 12, making it the pioneer land-grant institution of the United States<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1856<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Joseph R. Williams appointed 1st President of the College, and its 3 initial buildings are constructed\"\"<\/a>College Hall<\/a>
Dormitory<\/a>
Horse Barn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1857<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Agricultural College of the State of Michigan opens for classes on May 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1st four houses of Faculty Row<\/a> are built, including today\u2019s Cowles House<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1858<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Smith farmhouse moved, rebuilt as farm foreman\u2019s house<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students build first bridge over river<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First apple orchard planted<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1859<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Board of Education changes to a two-year curriculum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Manly Miles<\/a> appointed Professor of Zoology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1860<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Harrison family<\/a> move to a 600-acre property along the road that now bears their name<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almond Harrison builds 1st Farm Lane<\/a> bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John P. Marble<\/a> purchases the Sturges property and donates land to establish the Marble School<\/a> district<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1861<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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The Reorganization<\/a> changes the name to \u201cState Agricultural College\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seniors dismissed early to join Union army<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1862<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

T. C. Abbot<\/a> appointed President of the College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1st Cattle Barn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Congress passes the Land Grant Act, sponsored by Justin S. Morrill<\/a> and based on the model pioneered by M.A.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1863<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Robert Kedzie<\/a> appointed Professor of Chemistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Ave. connected to Grand River Ave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1864<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First pear orchard planted; removed in 1913, it is now the site of the Memorial Grove<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1865<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Manly Miles<\/a> receives a new title, the 1st of its kind at American colleges: Professor of Practical Agriculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built sheep barn<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st fruit from orchard<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1866<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

George Hubbard and Lois Harrison Hubbard<\/a> purchase the John Joy farm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan State Medical Society<\/a> established<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Thompson Fairchild appointed Professor of English Literature<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1867<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1st greenhouse erected<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1868<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Albert J. Cook<\/a> \u201962 appointed Professor of Zoology and Entomology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1869<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Williams Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farm foreman\u2019s house<\/a> built<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1870<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Women are admitted for the 1st time\u2014ten enter the agricultural course, but none would graduate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piggery<\/a>, 34×80 feet, erected by Dr. Miles<\/a> and students<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1871<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Chemical Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DL&LM Railroad<\/a> crosses farm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1872<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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2nd Horse Barn<\/a>, 38×100 feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two weddings in November and December join the Burcham<\/a> family with the Proctor<\/a> and Marble<\/a> families<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1873<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Botanic Garden<\/a> first planted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Rock<\/a>\u201d (Gift of the Class of 1873) placed on campus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1874<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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President\u2019s house (Faculty Row \u2116 1<\/a>) completed, along with \u2116 2 and \u2116 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd greenhouse and residence for the foreman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. J. Cook<\/a> \u201962 appointed 1st Curator of the Museum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1875<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Rolla Carpenter<\/a> \u201973 appointed Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd Farm Lane<\/a> bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manly Miles<\/a> forced to resign<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1876<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Saints\u2019 Rest<\/a> burns, December 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Union Literary Society<\/a> is founded<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand Trunk Railroad<\/a> crosses farm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1877<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Wells Hall<\/a> (1st)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st dam in Red Cedar River<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand Trunk RR<\/a> crosses farm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arboretum started<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1878<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College is founded; its board of trustees seeks advice on its operation from the Michigan Agricultural College and appoints Robert F. Kedzie \u201971 and Frank A. Gulley \u201980 as two of its 1st four professors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1879<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Eva Diann Coryell \u201979 is 1st woman to graduate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Row \u2116 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Double row of elms<\/a> planted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1880<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1st Botany Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Observatory<\/a> built by Prof. Carpenter<\/a> and students<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1881<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Library\u2013Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1882<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Horticulture separates from Botany; James Satterlee \u201969 appointed Professor of Horticulture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st addition to Chem Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1st Boiler house<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1883<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mary J. C. Merrill \u201981 appointed College Librarian, the 1st woman on staff[21<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fountain<\/a> (Gift of the Class of 1883)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grain barn and 1st silo<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1884<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Liberty Hyde Bailey<\/a> \u201982 appointed Professor of Horticulture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty Row \u2116 9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd Apiary<\/a> (aka \u201cthe Bee-house\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1885<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Mechanic Arts<\/a> course established<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veterinary Lab<\/a>, original building of Laboratory Row<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Row \u2116 10<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1886<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Mary J. C. Merrill \u201981 earns the 1st M.S. degree by a woman at M.A.C.[21<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artesian well drilled<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1887<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Collegeville<\/a> platted by Professors Beal<\/a> and Carpenter<\/a> as the 1st subdivision in what will become East Lansing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1888<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Experiment Station<\/a> organized<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Horticulture Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abbot Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howard Terrace<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd Farm Lane<\/a> bridge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1889<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Agriculture Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st Bathhouse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cousins Ray and Arthur Baker graduate, the 1st of at least a dozen members of the Baker family<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Samuel Johnson affair”<\/a> comes to a head<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1890<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Union Literary Society house<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Botany Lab<\/a> burns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senator Morrill<\/a> sponsors the 2nd Land Grant Act, requiring states to omit race as an admissions criterion, or to designate a separate land-grant institution for persons of color<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1891<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Linda Landon<\/a> appointed College Librarian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren Babcock<\/a> \u201990, Wilbur Hedrick<\/a> \u201991, Thomas Gunson<\/a>, and Herman Vedder<\/a> also join the faculty; all five stayed with the College for decades<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1892<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Botany Lab<\/a> (2nd)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Station Terrace<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third greenhouses built<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1893<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

M.A.C. contributes exhibits to State of Michigan pavilion at Chicago World\u2019s Fair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dam rebuilt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stone walks constructed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apiary converted to become Faculty Row \u2116 14<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1894<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>1st Hospital<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st Power plant<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1895<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Belle Sarcastic<\/a> gives milk for 738 lbs of butter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streetcar<\/a> line reaches west entrance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electric lights on campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhite Elephant\u201d<\/a> opens<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1896<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen\u2019s Course\u201d<\/a> established<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooperative Book Buying Association<\/a> founded<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arthur Crozier<\/a> plants the first trees of the Pinetum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1897<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

College Delta<\/a> platted by the Board of Agriculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streetcar<\/a> line extended onto campus, station built<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarcastic Lad<\/a> calved, October 18<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1898<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Gunson plants sandhill pine experiment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phi Delta Theta loses its charter, leaving only local societies active at M.A.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1899<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Three Krentel brothers<\/a>\u2014Christian<\/a>, Adorf<\/a>, and Alex\u2014graduate together<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brooks\u2019 Addition to College Delta<\/a> platted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oakwood<\/a> platted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1900<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Women\u2019s Building<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gift of the Class of 1900<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Athletic field purchased for $1,137<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cedar Bank<\/a> platted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1901<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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1st Dairy Building<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central School<\/a> opens as the 1st school of today\u2019s East Lansing Public Schools<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1902<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Edwyn Bowd<\/a> appointed College Architect<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ernest Bogue<\/a> appointed Professor of Forestry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bacteriology Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post office & waiting room<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1903<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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2nd Bathhouse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

College Grove<\/a> and Fairview<\/a> platted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Herbert Landon<\/a> moves from Lansing to become the area\u2019s 1st local physician; Dr. Oscar Bruegel<\/a> arrives a few months later<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1904<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

College Heights<\/a> platted by Chace Newman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2nd Boiler house<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarcastic Lad<\/a> wins Grand Champion prize at St. Louis World\u2019s Fair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1905<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1st Wells Hall<\/a> burns, February 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hesperian Society rents the Hagadorn house<\/a>, making it the 1st fraternity house<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1906<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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2nd Wells Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poultry houses<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1907<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

City of East Lansing<\/a> incorporated, with Clinton D. Smith, Dean of Short Courses, as mayor and Edward R. Blair<\/a>, former Foreman of the College Farms, as city supervisor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peoples Church<\/a> founded<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.A.C. celebrates its Semicentennial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Engineering Building<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1908<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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New farm complex<\/a> completed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren Babcock<\/a> \u201990 elected 2nd mayor of East Lansing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Snyder \u201cputs the kibosh\u201d on the
Alfalfa Eta Society<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1909<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Official name changes to \u201cMichigan Agricultural College\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Agriculture Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four detention hospitals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Gunson elected 3rd mayor of East Lansing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1910<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Station Terrace<\/a> converted to Post Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather Bureau<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st Peoples Church<\/a> dedicated<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta Club<\/a> founded<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ernst Bessey<\/a> appointed Professor of Botany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1911<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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2nd addition to Chem Lab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interurban<\/a> line reaches Owosso<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hesperian Society buys the Woodbury house<\/a>, in defiance of the Board<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1912<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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2nd Dairy Building<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Hedrick<\/a> reorganizes the cooperative Bookstore<\/a> as a non-profit corporation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1913<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wildwood Tea Room<\/a> opens in East Lansing\u2019s 1st apartment building, the Wildwood Apartments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Avondale<\/a> platted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1914<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Evergreens planted on Sand Hill<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Schepers<\/a> elected 4th mayor of East Lansing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1915<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Veterinary Clinic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six women\u2019s dormitory annexes opened, including College Cottage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bungalow Knolls<\/a> platted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observatory<\/a> vandalized<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1916<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

East Lansing State Bank<\/a> founded<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gymnasium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masonic Temple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engineering Building<\/a> and Shops<\/a> burn, March 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chesterfield Hills<\/a> platted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1917<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

R. E. Olds Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newell McCune<\/a> becomes pastor of Peoples Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Delta Club<\/a> closes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislature establishes \u201cCedar Banks\u201d<\/a> prison<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1918<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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College Hall<\/a> collapses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edward H. Ryder elected 5th mayor of East Lansing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Army Training Corps<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1919<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Williams Hall<\/a> burns, January 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memorial Grove and Cenotaph<\/a> dedicated to WWI dead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ardson Heights<\/a> platted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College Bookstore<\/a> moves to the bank block<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1920<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a> The old hospital building<\/a>, in use by the Y.M.C.A., is rushed back into service during the peak of the influenza epidemic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1921<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rugg house<\/a> relocated to Grove Street<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1922<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bailey School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Schepers<\/a> and Benjamin Faunce<\/a> begin partnership<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Hays<\/a> (M.A.C. \u201911) joins the faculty<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildwood Inn<\/a> moves to the Hicks Building, Hunt Food Shop opens in the Wildwood\u2019s old location<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1923<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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M.A.C. Stadium<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1924<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Union Memorial Building<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home Economics Building<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Library Building<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Half-way Stone<\/a> removed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oak Ridge<\/a> platted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1925<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Official name changes to \u201cMichigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horticultural Building<\/a> and greenhouses<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildwood Inn<\/a> closes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strathmore<\/a> platted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luther H. Baker<\/a> elected 6th mayor of East Lansing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1926<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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East Lansing High School<\/a> built<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd Peoples Church<\/a> dedicated<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glen Cairn<\/a> \u2116 1 platted by Dean Robert Shaw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laboratory Row<\/a> threatened with demolition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1927<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2nd Weather Bureau<\/a> station<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kedzie Chemical Laboratory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

East Lansing State Bank<\/a> moves to \u201cthe Abbott\u201d and the State Theatre<\/a> opens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCedar Banks\u201d<\/a> prison project cancelled<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1928<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

North Street (aka Pine Lake Road) is renamed as Burcham Drive, arguably for Mary Marble Burcham<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan Avenue \u201cBattle of the Boulevard\u201d<\/a> concludes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry B. Dirks elected 7th mayor of East Lansing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rollo May<\/a> is expelled<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1929<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Interurban railway<\/a> ends service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. A. Lauzun house<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin Faunce<\/a> elected 8th mayor of East Lansing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lansing State Journal launches its \u201cHome-Building Campaign\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1930<\/h3>\n\n\n

Identical quadruplet sisters, among the first documented cases in the United States, are born at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital and become instant local celebrities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1931<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Michigan State Bank at East Lansing<\/a>, an intended competitor to the East Lansing State Bank<\/a>, closes after just four years in business, November 6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1932<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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1933<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

J. D. Towar<\/a> writes History of the City of East Lansing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olympic Society house<\/a> razed, replaced by \u201cOld\u201d Post Office<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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