Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District | |
![]() Wheeler Hall one of several buildings in the restrict | |
Location | Berea, Ohio |
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Nearest city | Berea, Ohio |
Coordinates | 41°22′28″N 81°51′05″W / 41.37444°N 81.85139°W |
Area | Baldwin Wallace University |
NRHP reference No. | 12001210[1] |
Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District is an area of land on the north end of the Baldwin Wallace University campus. BW is a four-year private, coeducation, liberal arts college in Berea, Ohio, United States. The school was founded in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodists settlers. Eventually the school merged with nearby German Wallace College in 1913 to become Baldwin-Wallace College, which changed its name to "Baldwin Wallace University" in 2012.[2] Several buildings since its founding have been established on the National Register of Historic Places, establishing this area as the Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District. This area is the second historic district added to the campus which includes the BW's South Campus Historic district[3][4]
The Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District is bounded by East Fifth Avenue on the north; Beech Street, east; East Bagley Road, south and Front Street, west.[4] The Baldwin-Wallace College North Campus Historic District includes a total of 14 buildings and one structure.[4]
The district features a variety of collegiate, religious, and residential buildings in a campus setting, mostly constructed of Berea sandstone and brick between 1866 and 1958, and representative of architectural styles from the late 19th and early 20th century including Richardsonian Romanesque, High Victorian Gothic, Georgian Colonial, Tudor Revival and mid-century Modern[4]
Image | Building | Address | Completed | Last Major Renovation | Current usage | Ref |
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Philura Gould Baldwin Memorial Library (Malicky Center for Social Sciences) |
33 E. Bagley Road. | 1894 | 2001 | Academic | [4][5] | |
Carnegie Science Hall (Malicky Center for Social Sciences) |
33 E. Bagley Rd. | 1882 | 2001 | Academic | [4][5] | |
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Wheeler Hall (Recitation Hall) |
300 Front St. | 1891 | 1990's | Academic | [4][5] |
Wilker Hall | 320 Front St. | 1960's | 2011 | Academic | [4][5] | |
Telfer Hall (LES) | 336 Front St. | 1960 | 2011 | Academic | ||
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Austin E. Knowlton Center | 370 Front St. | 2021 | Academic | [6] | |
Ward Hall | 36 E. Fifth Ave. | 1940's | This building was demolished in 2019. | Academic | [4][5] | |
Burrell Memorial Observatory | 42 E. Fifth Ave. | 1940 | Observatory | [4][5] | ||
Alumni House/President's House | 329 Beech St. | 1935 | 1986, 2008 | Residential | [4][5] | |
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Safety and Security – Tudor House | 296 Beech St. | Office | [4][5][7] | ||
North Hall | 309 Beech St. | 1960 | Residence Hall | [4][5] | ||
Findley Hall | 265 Beech St. | 1957 | 2000 | Residence Hall | [4][5] | |
Lang Hall | 253 Beech St. | 1928 | Residence Hall | [4][5] | ||
Ritter Library | 57 E. Bagley Rd. | 1957 | 2009 | Library | [4][5] |