Timeline: 1958
Forty-six years ago, in the fall of 1958, Western Reserve University dedicated its new $1.6-million Newton D. Baker Memorial Building, pictured (under construction) above. The building, named in honor of the former mayor of Cleveland, who was secretary of war in Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet and a trustee of the university, served as the headquarters for Cleveland College, WRU’s adult education division. Cleveland College, established in 1925, was previously located in downtown Cleveland. Forty-six years later, this past November, the Baker Building was razed. The removal of the building was part of the university’s master plan, intended to make the campus more inviting and engaging.
Timeline was compiled by Ellen Brown with materials from University Archives; demolition photograph by Heidi Cool
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