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Pathology
| Location |
2085 Adelbert Road |
Description |
5-story plus basement, and subbasement,
supported by 40 steel columns, buff brick trimmed with Indiana limestone,
approximately 160x60 feet, containing chapel, offices, classrooms, museum,
photo and x-ray rooms, amphitheatre, and labs
The eight profiles surrounding the main doorway are of: Julius Friedrich
Cohnheim, William H. Welch, Marie Francois Zavier Bichat, Giovanni Battista
Morgagni, Carl Freiheer Von Rokitinsky, John Hunter, Rudoph Virchow, and
Louis Pasteur.
The motifs under the windows are from shields for six medieval guilds: Barber
Surgeons of London, Physicians of London, Barber Surgeons of Edinburgh,
Barber Surgeons of Brussels, Apothecaries of Nuremberg, and Medici of the
Della Robbia period |
This property continued in use after 1949. Post-1949 research is not yet completed.
| Other Names |
Institute of Pathology
Pathological Laboratory
Pathological Building |
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| Constructed |
1928-1929 |
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| Architect |
Abram Garfield |
General Contractor |
Crowell & Little |
| Cost |
$690,536
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| Financing |
Gift of up to $750,000 from the
General Education Board
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| Donors |
General Education Board
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| Occupants |
1929-1949+: Institute of Pathology |
Uses |
1929-1949+: Classes, lectures, offices,
research, ceremonies |
| Ceremonies |
Cornerstone Laying: 6/14/1928; Dedication:
10/7/1929 |
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This summary was compiled by staff of the University
Archives from sources
in the custody of the Archives.
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