The Buildings of the University

BuildingWhen CompletedApproximate Original CostAdditionsRemarks
DateCost
University Hall
North Wing, "Mason Hall"1841$16,000.00 Originally contained dormitory, as well as classrooms, Chapel, Library, and Museum.
South Wing, "South College"184912,755.25 Contained dormitory at first, as well as classrooms.
Main or central part and auditorium1873100,000.00
Four original faculty residences
On South University Avenue:
West Residence184132,550.00
(Total cost of the four buildings)		1920$35,000Occupied by every President except President Hutchins.
East Residence18411895 Became Dental College in 1877, taken over by Engineering College in 1895; now known as Old Engineering Building.
On North University Avenue:
West Residence18411879 Became Homeopathic College in 1875. Removed in 1914.
East Residence1841 Became University Hospital in 1868, with subsequent additions. Taken over by Dental College in 1891. Removed in 1908.
Old Medical Building18508,981.00186420,000Half of cost of addition in 1864 borne by citizens of Ann Arbor. Razed in 1914.
Observatory185422,000.0018676,000Costs given include the cost of instruments. The cost of the original observatory includes $15,000 given by Detroit, while the cost of the improvements in 1867 was borne by citizens of Detroit and Ann Arbor.
1905
1911		6,000
Old Chemistry Laboratory18573,450.001861
1866
1868
1874
1880
1889		56,000Original structure lost in subsequent additions. Now used by Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology, Economics, and Pharmacology, Economics, and Political Science.
Law Building186315,000.001893
1898		30,000
65,000		Housed University Library until 1883. Now contains Law Library of 41,000 volumes and also the Regents' Room.
Museum187941,400.00
Engineering Shops18822,500.001886
1889		15,000
8,750		Tower now contains University Clock and Chimes.
Physical Laboratory1887 190545,000Contained Department of Hygiene until 1903.
Old Library1883100,000.00 Torn down in 1918.
Old University Hospitals
Main Buildings1891116,000.00[11] To be superseded by the New Hospital, 1922.
Office Buildings18963,000.00[11]
Palmer Ward190328,000.00 Palmer Ward bequest of Mrs. A.B. Palmer (with $15,000 endowment).
Psychopathic Ward190664,000.00191414,000Controlled by Board appointed jointly by State and Regents.
Eye and Ear Ward191733,000.00
Contagious Ward191825,000.00
Gymnasiums
Waterman (Men)189461,876.49191668,000$20,000 given by Josiah Waterman.
Barbour (Women)189741,341.76 $25,000 given by Ex-Regent Levi L. Barbour, '63.
Tappan Hall189549,000.00[12] Contains classrooms, and offices of Department of Education
Homeopathic Hospital190085,000.00191833,000Original site of five acres, valued at $17,000, given by City of Ann Arbor. 1918 addition a separate Children's Ward.
Medical Building1903160,000.00
Engineering Building1904200,000.001909105,000
Dental Building1908115,000.00
Alumni Memorial Hall1909195,000.00 Art Galleries and Reading Room. Headquarters of Alumni Association. $145,000 contributed by Alumni Association.
Chemistry Building1910271,000.00 Includes Department of Pharmacy.
Ferry Field Club House191238,000.00
Hill Auditorium1913270,000.00 Bequest of $200,000, of Regent Arthur Hill, '65e. Seating capacity approximately 5,000.
Power Plant1914422,000.00 Cost includes complete equipment.
Natural Science Building1916408,000.00 Contains Departments of Botany, Forestry, Geology, Mineralogy, Psychology, and Zoölogy.
University Library1919615,000.00 Contains 335,000 volumes.
The Michigan Union19191,200,000.00 Gift of Alumni Members (14,000).
The New University Hospital19223,000,000.00 Now in course of construction.
The Women's Dormitories
Martha Cook Building1916350,000.00 Gift of the Cook family.
Helen Handy Newberry Hall of Residence191675,000.00 Gift of the Newberry family.
Betsy Barbour Hall of Residence1920125,000.00 Gift of Levi L. Barbour, '63.
Alumnae House192018,000.00 Gift of the Alumnae of the University.

Footnotes:

[1] No one of the old states had what we would now call a State University, although two or three states had institutions that bore that name, while several of the states had voted money or wild lands to promote higher education; nor had any of the new states, aided by the bounty of Congress, established such an institution that was worthy of the name, University.—Hinsdale, History of the University of Michigan, p. 16.

[2] From Hinsdale, History of the University of Michigan, p. 143.

[3] A careful estimate, made in October, 1920, showed that an average of 7,500 persons daily passed the doors of the Union. Some 2,200 persons were also served daily in the Tap-Room or cafeteria, in addition to the regular dining-room service.

[4] These totals include, in addition to the items shown, balances on hand, temporary loans, sales of material, and, in later years, hospital fees.

[5] This includes also appropriations for deficits, as well as savings from the income from the mill-tax over a period of years, drawn out for the erection of buildings.

[6] The Treasurer's Report for 1879-'80 covered fifteen months, and therefore cannot properly be used for comparison.

[7] The figures given for the graduate students, except in 1920, include only those enrolled in the Literary College. The figures for 1890 include 33 studying in absentia.

[8] Included in the Literary Department until 1876.

[9] The proportion of graduates in 1920 is relatively lower owing to the large enrolment of former soldiers in the lower classes.

[10] This total includes 222 nurses in the two training schools.

[11] Appraisal Value, 1912.

[12] Appraisal Value, 1912.

INDEX

Act of 1817, [7].
Acts of Congress Concerning School Lands, [11].
Acts of State Legislature:
First Organic Act, March 18, 1837, [17], [165];
Supplementary Act, 1837, [18];
State loan to University, [28], [29];
April 8, 1851, Second Organic Act, [44], [166].
Adams, Charles K., [105], [115].
Admission requirements:
Medical, [121], [122];
Law, [134].
Agnew, John H., [32], [41], [96].
Agriculture, Chair of, [49], [97].
Alumnæ, Distinguished, [348].
Alumni:
Relations with, [86], [103];
Distinguished, [102], [104], [342]-349;
Number, [324];
Distribution of, [325], [326];
Organization of, [326]-330;
Alumni Association, [330]-332, [341];
Local organizations, [333];
In University affairs, [334];
Alumni Secretary, [331];
Alumnus, Michigan, [331], [332];
Advisory Council, [335];
Catalogue, [335], [336];
Gifts, [336]-340;
Alumni Fund, [340], [341].
Alumni Memorial Hall, [303], [304], [337].
Anatomical Laboratory, [123], [125].
Angell, James Burrill:
Declines offer of Presidency, [60];
Accepts a second tender, [63], [67];
Birth and early life, [65], [66];
Educational ideals, [68];
In the public service, [67];
Characteristics, [70], [76]-78;
Administration, review of, [71]-76;
Difficulties of, [72]-75;
Resignation, [79];
Quarter Centennial Anniversary, [88];
References, [16], [103], [113].
Ann Arbor:
In early days, [23], [172];
Description of, [268], [272];
First settlers, [269];
Origin of name, [269], [270];
Early life in, [270]-272;
German settlers, [272]-273;
Churches, [197], [273];
Newspapers, [274], [275];
Schools, [275], [276];
Town and gown, students, [277]-280;
Advantages as site for University, [282], [283];
Future development of, [295].
Ann Arbor Land Company, [23], [282].
Anniversaries:
Semi-Centennial, [87];
Seventy-fifth, [88];
President Angell's quarter centennial, [88].
Appropriations, legislative, [58], [85], [118], [171].
Architecture, College of, [140].
Astronomy, Department of, [110]; see [Observatory].
Athletic Association:
First organized, [239];
Board of Control, [239];
Organized, [251], [252];
Ferry Field, [237].
Athletics:
In general, [233];
In early days, [175], [234];
Development of, [237];
First organizations, [238];
Athletic Association, [239];
Baseball, [239]-246;
Football, first, [246], [247];
General Review, [248]-260;
Track Athletics, first, [260], [261];
General Review of, [260]-263;
Minor sports, [264], [265];
Reforms, [256], [257];
For Women, [265];
General summary, [266], [267].
Attendance, [34], [49], [57], [71], [86], [117], [122], [131], [132], [182], [191];
Geographical distribution of, [231];
During war, [309], [321];
From Michigan, [232].
Barbour, Levi L., benefactor, [265], [338].
Barbour Gymnasium, [266].
Baseball, general review, [239]-246.
Bates, Henry M., [135].
Beal-Steere Collections, [75], [111].
Benefactions:
Alumni, [86], [327], [336]-340;
Biblical MSS., [156];
Freer, [337].
Bibliography, University, [158].
Boise, James R., [97], [105].
Bolting classes, practice of, [180].
Botany, Department of, [111].
Branches of the University:
Authorized, [19];
Founded, [21];
Discontinued, [21], [34];
Justification for, [22].
Brünnow, Franz F.E., [54], [100].
Buildings, [26], [27], [58], [62], [95], [119], [129], [141], [142], [144], [145], [286]-293.
Burton, Marion LeRoy:
Chosen as President, [89];
Inaugurated, [90].
Campbell, James V., [131].
Campus:
Selection of, [24];
In early days, [283];
Tree planting on, [284], [285];
Development, [286], [293];
Plan for future, [294].
Catholepistemiad, [7].
Chancellor, Lack of, [41], [43].
Chapel, [33], [194].
Chemical Laboratory, [58], [142], [149];
Shortage in accounts, [74], [75];
Buildings, [142], [150], [287].
Choral Union, [228].
Churches, Ann Arbor, [197], [273].
Clinical Medicine, Laboratory of, [127].
Civil War:
Effect on attendance, [298], [301];
Political Sentiment, [299];
Outbreak of war, [300];
Student drill organized, [300];
Alumni in, [302].
Classes, Early rivalry, [179], [184].
Class-day, [177].
Clements Library of American History, [338].
Clubs, student, [230], [231].
Cocker, Benjamin F., [106].
Co-education:
Subject agitated, [60];
Adopted by Regents, [60];
First woman students, [61];
General feeling, [61];
Scholarship, [213].
Colleges of State:
Early rivalry of, [20];
Co-operation with, [84].
Colors, Michigan, [205].
Commencement exercises, [178];
Change in, [179].
Comedy Club, [223].
Conference, Western Inter-collegiate, [246], [252];
Withdrawal from, [256], [257];
Return to, [259].
Congressional Acts. See [Acts].
Constitution:
of 1835, [14]-16;
of 1850, [43].
Constitutional Status of University, [167]-171.
Cooley, Mortimer E., [139].
Cooley, Thomas M., [132], [153].
Council, Inter-fraternity, [212].
Council, Student, [183]-185.
Cousin, M. Victor, report on Public Instruction in Prussia, [14].
Crary, Isaac E., [2], [14], [15].
Cricket, in early days, [234], [235].
Curriculum:
First, [31], [96];
Changes in, [57], [71], [103], [113], [114];
Combined literary and medical, [82], [129];
Literary and law, [82];
Special, [82].
Davis, Joseph B., [139].
Debating. See [Speaking, Public].
Degrees:
Effort to limit degree-conferring power, [20];
Changes in, [114];
Doctor of Philosophy, [116];
Honorary, [116];
Juris Doctor, [134];
Engineering, [141];
Total in 1911, [132].
Demmon, Isaac N., [108], [120], [218].
Denison, Charles S., [138], [139].
Dental Surgery, College of:
Founding, [144];
First Faculty, [145];
Lengthening of course, [145];
Building, [145].
Denton, Samuel, [124], [275].
Detroit, [9], [25].
Discipline, student, [72].
Disturbances, student, [277]-281.
D'Ooge, Martin L., [97], [105].
Dormitories:
First buildings, [26], [27];
Abolished, [30];
Women's, [282], [291], [292], [338];
Men's, proposed, [282].
Douglas, Silas H., [73]-75, [94], [103], [142].
Dramatics, student:
Early efforts, [222], [223];
Comedy Club, [223];
Union Operas, [224];
Other organizations, [224], [225], [226];
Campus Theater, need for, [226].
East, athletic competition with:
Baseball, [242], [243];
Football, [248], [249], [258], [259];
Track, [261].
Educational changes, University's share in, [3], [46]-49, [59], [60]-62, [69], [71], [72], [82], [127], [128], [134], [148].
Effinger, John R., [146].
Elective system of studies, [71], [113], [114].
Electro-Therapeutics, Laboratory of, [127].
Engineering, College of:
First establishment, [49];
Subdivision of Literary Department, [137];
Faculty, [138], [139];
Deans, [139];
Departments in, [140];
Building, [141];
Research in, [154];
Independent College, [139].
English, Department of, [108].
Enrolment. See [Attendance].
Exhibitions, Junior, [177].
Extension courses, [84].
Expenses in early days, [33], [174].
Faculty:
First, [30], [32], [91];
Weakness in 1850, [39], [41];
Organization, [166].
Fasquelle, Louis, [32], [96].
Fees, [18], [33].
Fellowships, [117].
Ferry Field, [237].
Fine Arts:
Course first established, [97];
Department of, [112].
Fitzpatrick, Keene, [262].
Football:
General review of, [246]-260;
Agitation for reforms in, [256]-258.
Ford, Corydon La, [124].
Foreign students, [232].
Forestry, Department of, [113].
Fraternities:
In general, [207], [210];
Struggle over establishment, [34]-38;
Growth of, [207], [208];
First chapter houses, [209];
Palladium, [211];
System at Michigan, [210];
Junior Hop and, [211];
Inter-fraternity Conference, [212];
Rules for rushing, [212];
Scholarship of, [213].
Freer, Charles L., benefactor, [156].
French educational influence, [9].
Frieze, Henry S.:
As professor of Latin, [98];
Acting president, [60], [99];
Characteristics, [99];
Love of music, [99];
Co-education, [60];
High school certificates granted, [62];
Other references, [141], [227].
Fund, Alumni, [340], [341].
Gayley, Charles M., [198], [200], [222], [247].
Geographical distribution of students, [231].
Geology, Department of, [111].
Glee Club, [227], [228].
Graduates:
Distinguished, [342]-349;
see also Alumni.
Graduate School, [72], [83];
Origin, [102], [103], [114], [115], [149];
Organized as school, [115];
Development of, [116].
Grant, Claudius B., [169], [303].
Gray, Asa, [26], [30].
Greek, Department of, [97], [105].
Gunn, Moses, [123].
Gymnasium, first, [235];
Efforts for, [236], [237];
Present building, [237].
Haven, Erastus Otis, Professor of Latin, [97];
Elected president, [54];
Characteristics and policies, [56], [57], [150];
His administration, [58];
Relations with legislature, [59];
Resignation, [59];
Favors co-education, [60].
Health Service, [83], [187], [282].
Heating Plant, [292].
High Schools and the University, [62], [85].
Hill Auditorium, [290], [291].
Hinsdale, Burke A., [9], [19], [29], [109], [133].
Hinsdale, Wilbert B., [144].
Histology, Laboratory of, [126].
History, Department of, [107], [108].
Homeopathic Medical School:
First Faculty of, [143];
Buildings, [144], [290].
Homeopathic controversy, [58], [59], [73], [74], [143], [144], [167], [168].
Honorary degrees, [116].
Hospital, University:
First, [129], [289];
New building, [129], [290].
Houghton, Douglass, [30], [93].
Hudson, Richard, [107];
Benefactions, [108], [338].
Humanistic Series, [117], [155].
Hutchins, Harry B.:
Acting president, [81];
Elected president, [80];
Early life, [80];
Characteristics, [81];
Administration and policies, [81]-86;
Resignation, [86];
Dean of the Department of Law, [135];

Why he came to Michigan, [150];
Other references, [218].
Hygiene, Laboratory of, [127].
Industrial subjects, teachers in, [84].
Jones, Elisha, [107], [108].
Jones, Samuel, A., [143].
Journalism, student. See [Publications].
Kearsley, Jonathan, examination by, [39].
Kelly, "Pat," [33], [272].
Laboratory, methods, [103], [115].
Land grants and the University Fund, [10], [11].
Landscape design, Department of, [113].
Lane, Victor H., [196], [330].
Lane Hall, [196].
Languages, modern, Departments of, [108].
Latin, Department of, [107].
Law School:
Organized, [49], [130];
First Faculty, [131];
Attendance, [132];
Building, [137], [287];
Library, [135];
Original admission requirements and plan of instruction, [133];
Lengthening of course, [134];
Professorships, [135];
Aims, [135];
Deans, [135];
Research in, [153];
Combination courses, [82], [134].
Law, teaching of, [135], [153].
Learning, higher. See [Research].
Legislative acts. See [Acts].
Legislative appropriations. See [Appropriations].
Library:
General, beginnings of, [26];
First Librarian, [25], [117];
Funds solicited by Dr. Tappan, [48];
Growth, [57], [117], [118];
Old building, [119];
New building, [119];
Librarians, [120];
Gifts, [338], [339].
Literary Societies, [218], [219].
Lloyd, Alfred H., [115].
Loan of 1838, [28].
Marking system, absence of, [148].
Mason, Stevens T., [2], [13].
Mathematics, Department of, [110].
May Festival, [228].
"Mechanics," burning of, [180], [181].
Medical School:
Organization, [48], [49], [121];
Original building, [48], [95], [130];
Enlarged, [58];
Requirements for admission, [72], [121], [124];
For graduation, [72], [121], [129];
Proposed removal to Detroit, [73], [122];
Growth in attendance, [82];
First University Hospital, [129];
Combination courses, [129];
Laboratories, [125]-129;
New Medical Building, [129];
Research in, [152].
Memorial Hall. See [Alumni].
Memorials, class, [339], [340].
Michigan, State of:
Growth, [19];
Territorial, [9];
Character of inhabitants, [9], [10];
Relation to University, general, [164]-171;
Financial support of, [58], [70], [85], [118], [171].
Michiganensian, [211], [213].
Military science, courses in:
First considered, [49];
First course, [138], [301];
R.O.T.C., [308], [309], [322].
Mill-Tax:
First granted, [58];
increased, [59], [70], [118].
Mineralogy, Department of, [111].
Mines, School of, [57], [138].
Monument, old, on Campus, [93].
Morris, George S., [106].
Music, Department of, [112].
Musical Organizations:
First, [226];
Organizations, [227], [228].
Museum, [288].
Nagele, "Doc," [124].
National Dinner, New York, [88].
Natural Science Building, [287].
Naval Tank, [141].
Newberry Hall, [195].
Observatory:
Establishment, [48], [100];
Enlargements, [58], [289];
References, [149].
Olney, Edward, [104].
Opera, Michigan Union, [224];
Songs from, [203].
Oratory:
Early training in, [177], [178], [218];
Department of, [112], [218].
Oratorical Association, [221].
Ordinance:
of 1785, [10];
of 1787, [5], [11].
Organizations, Student, in general, [182].
Palmer, Alonzo B., [124].
Palladium, [211].
Pathological Laboratory, [127].
Pattengill, Albert H., [107], [253].
Payne, William H., [109].
Pharmacy, College of, [142];
Deans, [143].
Phi Beta Kappa, [149], [230].
Philosophy, Department of, [105], [106].
Physics, Department of, [110];
Laboratory, [288].
Pierce, John D., [14], [16], [17].
Pitcher, Zina, [2], [123].
Political Economy, Department of, [112].
Political Science, Department of, [112].
Pond, I.K. and Allen, architects of Union, [189];
I.K. in athletics, [247].
Prescott, Albert B., [110], [125].
Presidency of the University:
Creation of office, [44];
Dr. Tappan, [45]-55;
Dr. Haven, [54]-59;
Acting presidency of Dr. Frieze, [60]-62;
Dr. Angell, [63]-79;
Dr. Hutchins, [80]-86;
Dr. Burton, [89], [90].
Psychopathic Hospital, [128].
Publications of University, [155];
Of Faculty, [150], [157]-162.
Publications, college student, [213]-217;
Early, [214];
Board in Control of, [217].
Recreation, early opportunities for, [175].
Regents, Board of:
Selection duties, powers, [41];
Relations with first Faculty, [42], [166], [167];
First meeting, [2], [23], [24];
Enlarged powers under Constitution of 1850, [44];
Change in method of electing, [43];
General characterization, [164], [165];
Relations with Legislature, [167];
Powers, [165], [166], [168];
Legislative acts and decisions concerning, [167]-171;
Members of, 1920, [334].
Religion in the University, [40], [192], [193], [197].
Removal of Medical School, question of, [73], [122].
Research:
In University, [147], [148], [151], [164];
In Medical School, [152];
Industrial, [154].
Research Club, [83], [154].
Rhetoric, Department of, [108].
Rose, Preston B., [74], [75].
Sager, Abram, [32], [74], [94].
Salaries:
First, [2], [32], [58];
Reduced in 1873, [72].
Scholarship charts, [213].
Scientific collections, [288], [289].
Semitics, Department of, [113].
Seminary method of teaching, [71], [115].
Sewall, Henry, [126].
Smith-Hughes Bill, [84].
Societies, student, [229]-231.
Songs, Michigan, [197]-205.
Sororities, [209].
Spanish-American War, [304]-305.
Speaking, public, [177], [178], [217];
Clubs for, [220];
Debating and oratory, [221], [222].
Special students, not candidates for a degree, [150].
State University System, [3], [9].
Steere, Joseph B., [110].
Students, distribution of, [231], [232].
Student affairs, committee on, [183].
Students, first, [30].
Student life, [33];
Early days, [172]-176;
Later years, [182].
Students' Christian Association:
Organization, [194];
General character of work, [195];
Newberry Hall, [195];
Divided into Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A., [195];
Re-established, [196].
Students' Lecture Association, [220], [221].
Studies, University of Michigan, [155].
Summer Session, [146].
Surgical Laboratory, [128].
Superintendent of Public Instruction, [16], [18], [26], [43].
Tappan Hall, [288].
Tappan, John L., [54], [118].
Tappan, Henry Philip:
Election to presidency, [45];
Life before coming to University, [45];
Characteristics, [50], [53];
University ideals, [46], [47];
Administration, [48];
Appearance before Legislature, [51];
Strained relations, [52], [53];
Removal, [54];
Efforts for his reinstatement, [55];
Other references, [92], [115], [116], [148], [173], [181], [300].
Tappan Oak, [285].
Teaching, science and art of, Department of, [72], [109].
Ten Brook, Andrew, [32], [41], [42], [94], [272].
Town and Gown:
Friendly spirit, [277], [281], [282];
Student troubles, [277]-281.
Track athletics, [260]-263.
Traditions, student, [184].
Tree planting on Campus, [284]-286.
Tyler, Moses Coit, [105], [115], [218].
Union, American University, in Paris, [318], [319].
Union, Michigan:
Founded, [185]-186;
Organization and objects, [186], [187].
Union, Michigan, Building:
Need for, [186];
Judge Cooley's home purchased, [187];
Fund for, [188], [337];
Description of, [189], [190];
Control of, [190];
During war, [311].
Universities, other, in 1871, [69].
University, first, in Detroit, [9].
University Hall, [62].
University System, [151].
Vaughan, Victor C., [125].
Walker, James V., [131].
War, World:
Faculty in Service, [162], [319]-321;
Honor Roll, [305];
Numbers in service, [305], [306], [314]-316;
Preparations for, [306], [307], [308];
The R.O.T.C., [308], [309], [322];
The S.A.T.C., [310]-312;
Special courses, [309], [313];
Investigations for Government, [163];
Women's share, [313], [314];
The Naval Divisions, [316]-318;
Effect on athletics, [245], [259];
After effects, [321], [322].
War, Civil. See [Civil War].
War, Spanish-American. See [Spanish-American War].
Waterman Gymnasium, [236], [237].
Watson, James C., [100], [103], [104], [149].
Whedon, Daniel D., [32], [41], [42], [95].
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