Administration Building
(Formerly, Lottie L.
Gassette Memorial Library)
Funds were given by Mrs. Charlotte T. Gassette in memory
of her daughter, who had attended Albion |
|
1902 |
Constructed |
|
1923 |
Renovated |
|
1927 |
Renovated |
|
1938 |
Changed to Administration Building because
Stockwell Memorial Library
was
built |
|
1988 |
Building was razed to make way for the
Ferguson Building |
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority - Beta
Chapter |
|
1887 |
Founded |
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority -
Sigma Zeta Chapter
(Formerly,
Precious Ebony Pearls) |
|
1999 |
Founded |
|
2001 |
Incorporated |
Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity -
Epsilon Gamma Chapter |
|
1947 |
Founded |
|
1977 |
Rechartered |
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity -
Beta Omicron Chapter |
|
? |
Established |
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority - Phi
Chapter |
|
1915 |
Original lodge built on Michigan
Ave. |
|
1917 |
Lodge renovated |
|
1940s |
Current lodge built at 1012 E.
Cass St. |
Anna Howard Shaw Center for
Women's Studies & Programs (Formerly, Women's Studies minor) |
|
1961 |
Founded |
|
1985 |
Turned into a special program, named in honor of Anna Howard Shaw,
formerly a student at Albion College |
Anthropology/Sociology
Department |
|
c1916 |
Established |
Art & Art History Department (Formerly Visual Arts Department)
|
|
c1854 |
Established as Fine Arts
Department |
Astronomical Observatory |
|
1883 |
Cornerstone laid |
|
1884 |
Building completed |
|
1940 |
Revolving dome electrified |
|
1971 |
Solar prominence telescope donated by Marvin J. Vann, Class
of 1904 |
|
1972 |
Exterior of building renovated |
|
1985 |
Dedicated as an official Michigan Historical site |
Baldwin Hall & Alumni Center
Funds were given by the Kresge Foundation, alumni, and
friends, in honor of Dr. Charles W. Baldwin, minister and
member of the College Board Trustees |
|
1952 |
Constructed |
|
1970 |
Renovated and enlarged |
|
1999 |
Renovated |
Bellemont
Manor (Formerly, Haven Hills Home)
Named in honor of former owner Belle Dean |
|
1962 |
Donated to the
College by Union Steel Foundation of Albion |
Bell House |
|
1841 |
Served as original dormitory and classroom building |
|
1893 |
Partially disassembled and pieces moved to the Gymnasium
Bought by James W. Sheldon, College
Trustee, who moved it to the west side of South Monroe Street, between
Cass and East Porter Streets |
|
1905 |
Purchased by S.A. Wilder & Son, who had the house
turned around, placed it on the railroad tracks
and used it as a warehouse |
|
1970s |
Razed except for one wing, which now stands on the 811
Michigan Ave. property as part of a
garage |
Biology Department |
|
1854 |
Botany is taught |
|
c1885 |
Established |
Burns Street Apartments |
|
? |
Constructed |
Campus Safety Office |
|
? |
Established |
Carl A. Gerstacker Liberal Arts
Program in Professional Management
(Formerly, Liberal Arts Program in Professional Management)
Began with a Lilly Endowment
|
|
1974 |
Established |
|
1975 |
Summer sessions began |
|
1976 |
Lilly Visiting Fellows Program
(Executive Lecture Series) began |
|
1988 |
Renamed in honor of Carl A. Gerstacker |
Chemistry Department |
|
c1885 |
Established |
Dean Hall |
|
1928 |
Donated to College by George & Belle Dean |
|
1937 |
Fire |
|
1938 |
Rebuilt |
Delta Gamma Sorority - Zeta
Chapter |
|
1883 |
Founded |
|
1890 |
Charter stolen |
|
1893 |
Charter replaced by Xi Chapter |
|
1966 |
New lodge built on site of old |
|
1987 |
Closed |
|
1992 |
Re-established |
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity -
Alpha Tau Chapter |
|
1917 |
Established |
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity -
Epsilon Chapter |
|
1876 |
Founded |
|
1923 |
House destroyed by fire |
Dempsey & Joranko Fields
(Formerly, Winter-Lau Field
and Alumni Field) |
|
1900 |
Constructed |
|
1914 |
Renamed Alumni (or
"A") Field |
|
1918 |
Grandstand burned |
|
1919 |
Wall completed that surrounds
fields, field dedication & adoption of new colors of purple & gold |
|
1930 |
Lights were added to the
gridiron |
|
1933 |
"Britons" became the team
nickname |
|
1995 |
Northeast corner of A-Field, the
baseball facility, renamed Frank Joranko Field |
|
2000 |
Rest of A-field renamed Dempsey
Field, after June & Cedric Dempsey, 1954 Albion graduates |
Dickie
Hall/Kellogg Student Center
(Formerly, South Hall) |
|
1858 |
Building begins |
|
1870 |
Finally completed and dedicated - Used as Chapel for 88
years |
|
1939 |
Renovated |
|
1970 |
Renovated
Renamed Dickie Hall after Dr. Samuel Dickie,
former president 1901-1921 |
|
1995 |
Kellogg Student Center added |
Dow Center |
|
1988 |
Construction completed |
|
1975 |
Herrick Center for Speech
Communication & Theatre
Named for Ray & Hazel Herrick,
an industrialist and his wife
Funds were provided by the Herrick Foundation |
|
1978 |
Dean Aquatic Center
Named for Dr. Clark Dean, Class of 1921 |
|
1988 |
Lomas Fieldhouse
Named for former President Bernard T. Lomas |
|
1999 |
Ungrodt Tennis Center
Named for Paul 'Skip' Ungrodt, Class of 1952 |
Economics & Management
Department |
|
c1899 |
Established |
Education Department |
|
c1919 |
Established |
English Department |
|
c1844 |
Established |
|
1925 |
Began teaching Journalism |
Epworth Building
(Formerly, Epworth Physical Laboratory)
Funds given by Methodist Epworth Leagues throughout the
state of Michigan |
|
1916 |
Constructed |
|
1998 |
Became
Administration Building when
Gassette Library razed |
Fiske Christian House (Formerly, Fiske House) |
|
c1842-49 |
Built on lot at South 1/2 of lots 9
and 10 of Block 94
|
|
c1851 |
Albion College presidents began
to reside here |
|
1883 |
Original house bought by the
wife of President L.R.
Fiske and razed |
|
1884 |
"Fiske House" built |
|
1913 |
Purchased by Misses Miller and
Phipps for use as a music studio (Miller-Phipps
House) |
|
1937 |
Opened as College
Annex |
Foreign Languages Department |
|
1846 |
Established |
Fritz Shurmur Education
Institute
Named for Shurmur, Class of 1953, who was also a
defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers. |
|
c1997 |
Established |
Gerald R. Ford Institute for
Public Policy & Service |
|
1977 |
Established |
Geological Sciences Department |
|
1966 |
Established
Taught geological science courses as early as 1899
Geography taught beginning in 1944 |
Gerstacker International
House
Named in honor of Rollin M. Gerstacker, pioneer in equipment
engineering
Funds for construction were provided by the Rollin M.
Gerstacker Foundation
Carl Gerstacker was instrumental in obtaining the grant |
|
1971 |
Constructed |
Goodrich Chapel
Funds were given by alumni, friends, and the Kresge
Foundation, in honor of Dr. Frederic S. Goodrich, beloved
faculty member for 55 years |
|
1956 |
Dedicated |
|
1958 |
First use |
Goodrich Club
Named in honor of Dr. Frederic S. Goodrich
Originally on Porter St.,
then took over Huron House Annex |
|
1932 |
Founded |
|
1942 |
Ended initiation paddling |
|
c1942-45 |
Closed to due decreased
enrollment (from WWII) |
|
1948 |
Combined with Fiske House; moved to 606 E. Porter St. |
|
1953 |
Moved to 402 E. Porter St. |
|
1960s |
Closed due to decreased
enrollment |
|
1972 |
Closed after drug raid |
Gymnasium (Original) |
|
1892 |
Constructed on the site of the
Bell House |
|
1893 |
Bell from the Bell House added |
|
1922 |
Fire
Renovated into a cafeteria
Bell broken |
|
1930 |
Art Department moved into the
building |
|
1938 |
Changed to Hall of Economics |
|
1986 |
Building razed |
History Department |
|
c1885 |
Established |
Institutional Advancement
Office |
|
1940 |
501 Michigan Ave. purchased |
James A. Welton House |
|
? |
Constructed |
|
2002 |
Renamed in honor of James A.
Welton, Class of 1904, believed to be Albion's first black
graduate |
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority - Pi
Chapter |
|
1887 |
Established |
|
1908 |
Charter is revoked due to
decreasing enrollment and breaking rules (members caught
dancing) |
|
1955 |
Chapter re-established |
|
1960s |
Lodge burned |
Kappa Delta Sorority - Sigma Pi
Chapter |
|
1923 |
Established |
|
c1925 |
Lodge built |
Kresge
Gymnasium
Funds given by Sebastian S. Kresge in honor of his son, Stanley Kresge, Class of 1923 |
|
1925 |
Groundbreaking |
|
1938 |
Swimming pool added |
Mathematics & Computer Science Department
(Formerly, Mathematics
Department) |
|
c1844 |
Established |
| |
Changed to Mathematics &
Computer Science Department |
McMillan Chemistry Building
Funded by a single
donor, United States Senator James McMillan |
|
1893 |
Constructed |
Music Department (Formerly, Music
Conservatory) |
|
c1845 |
Established |
Norris Center
Named after
former president Dr. Louis W. Norris |
|
1967 |
Groundbreaking |
|
1970 |
Dedication |
|
1974 |
Named the Norris Center |
|
2006 |
Renovated |
Olin Hall
Funds were a gift from the
Olin Foundation |
|
1983 |
Built on the site of the
McMillan Chemical Laboratory |
Palenske
Hall
Named in honor of Fred C. Palenske, industrialist and
business leader, whose gifts made the building possible |
|
1967 |
Groundbreaking |
|
1970 |
Dedication |
|
2006 |
Renovated |
Philosophy Department |
|
c1854 |
Established |
Phi Mu Fraternity - Rho Epsilon
Chapter |
|
1990 |
Established |
Physical Education |
|
1899 |
Established
Taught as early as 1895 |
|
1901 |
Womens' physical education
established |
Physics Department |
|
1884 |
Astronomy is taught |
|
1896 |
Physics is taught |
|
1904 |
Established
|
Political Science Department |
|
1916? |
Established |
Prentiss M. Brown Honors
Institute (Formerly, Honors
Institute)
Named in honor of
Brown, a 1911 graduate
Funds provided by Prentiss M. Brown, Jr., Class of 1948, and
his wife, Peggy |
|
1966 |
Faculty established the
Departmental Honors thesis as a way for students to gain
special academic recognition from their major department |
|
1976 |
Responsibility for Departmental
Honors was assigned to the Honors Director and Honors
Committee |
|
2004 |
Renamed Prentiss M. Brown Honors
Institute |
President's Home |
|
1981 |
Constructed |
Psychology Department |
|
c1929 |
Established |
Putnam Hall
Funds given by the Putnam Family, in the name of Mark E.
Putnam, chemist and corporate executive of the Dow Chemical
Company, Albion graduate and a member of the Board of
Trustees
|
|
1967 |
Groundbreaking |
|
1970 |
Dedication |
|
2006 |
Renovated |
Religious Studies Department |
|
c1890 |
Established |
Robinson Hall
(Formerly, Central or
Middle Building) |
|
1841 |
Constructed |
|
1843 |
Held campus' first classes and
students |
|
1906 |
Renamed Robinson Hall
Named after Dr. George O. Robinson of Detroit who gave
$60,000 |
|
1922 |
Destroyed by fire |
|
1924 |
Rebuilt around original walls |
|
1962-63 |
Renovated |
|
1992 |
Remodeled (including atrium,
restoration of cupola, addition of clock tower) |
Seaton Hall
Built by the Kresge Foundation, in honor of former president Dr. John
L. Seaton |
|
1948 |
Cornerstone laid |
|
1949 |
Dedication |
Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center
Majority of
the funds were a grant from the Seeley G. Mudd Fund of Los
Angeles
Dr. Mudd of Harvard was a member of the
cancer research faculty at California Institute of
Technology |
|
1980 |
Dedicated
|
Sigma Chi Fraternity - Alpha Pi
Chapter |
|
1882 |
Established |
|
1911 |
"Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi" written by Byron D. Stokes & F. Dudleigh Vernor,
Albion students at the time |
Sigma Nu Fraternity - Gamma
Gamma Chapter |
|
1895 |
Established |
|
1998 |
Lost its charter |
|
2003 |
Charter returned |
Speech Communication
Department (Formerly, Speech
Communication & Theatre Department) |
|
c1922 |
Established |
Sprankel-Sprandle Stadium
Named in honor of Dale Sprankle & Walter Sprandel,
former coaches at Albion
Funds were provided by alumni, friends, Trustees, and
Michigan foundations |
|
1976 |
Constructed |
|
1999 |
Renovated |
|
2002 |
Stadium field renamed
Morley Fraser Field for
former Briton football coach |
Stockwell Memorial Library
Funds were given by Madelon Stockwell Turner, Albion alumnus, in honor of her
parents, Charles
Franklin and Louisa Peabody Stockwell
C.F. Stockwell was the first principal at Albion when it was a
seminary |
|
1938 |
Constructed |
Susannah Wesley Hall
Funds were given by the
wife of Sebastian S. Kresge, in honor of John Wesley's
mother |
|
1925 |
Constructed |
|
1926 |
Women's dormitory opened |
|
1954-56 |
East & West Halls added
Dorothy McVittie Dining Room
added |
|
1956 |
Kresge Commons is named in honor of Mrs. S.S. Kresge |
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity -
Omega Chapter (Formerly Zetalethian
Fraternity) |
|
1903 |
Constructed |
|
1923 |
"Zetalethian Fraternity" became its name
Moved to
North Hall then later to 315 Michigan Ave. |
|
1924 |
11000 E. Porter St. became home |
|
1926 |
Became part of national TKE fraternity; moved to 108 S.
Monroe St. |
|
1928 |
Moved to 600 E. Erie St. |
|
1935 |
Purchased former President
Samuel Dickie's house, 501
E. Erie St. |
|
1940 |
Mortgage burning ceremony |
|
1947 |
Fire in basement |
Theatre & Dance Department (Formerly, Speech
Communication & Theatre Department) |
|
c1922 |
Established |
Twin Towers |
|
1966 |
Constructed |
Vernon R. Bobbitt Visual Arts Center
Funds provided by the estate of Mr. Harvey Ott |
|
1965 |
Cornerstone ceremony |
|
1966 |
Dedication |
|
1973 |
Ceramics facility added |
|
1977 |
Named in honor of professor
emeritus, Vernon R. Bobbitt |
Vulgamore Hall (Formerly, North
Hall)
|
|
1852 |
Constructed |
|
1853 |
Fire |
|
1854 |
Rebuilt |
|
1923 |
Fire
Rebuilt |
|
1949 |
Remodeled |
|
1993 |
Remodeled
Renamed Vulgamore after former president Dr.
Melvin Vulgamore |
Whitehouse Hall |
|
1964 |
Donated by former president William Whitcomb Whitehouse
(meant to be upper class housing for men) |
Whitehouse Nature Center
Named for former president, faculty member and dean, W.W. Whitehouse
Funds were provided by Trustees, alumni and friends of the
College |
|
1971-72 |
Constructed |
|
1977 |
Interpretive Building
Made possible by an anonymous gift from a college
alumnus |
William C. Ferguson Student,
Technology, & Administrative Services Building
Named after Ferguson, Class of
1952 |
|
2002 |
Constructed |
Young Greenhouse
Named in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Edward J.F. Young, who
provided a major portion of the funds for construction |
|
1976 |
Constructed |
