Library -- University of Michigan

Ware and Van Brunt, architect. An addition was built to the south in 1898. The 1883 portion was torn down in 1918.

Library -- University of Michigan

Ware and Van Brunt, architect. An addition was built to the south in 1898. The 1883 portion was torn down in 1918.

University Hall and Library

Ware and Van Brunt, architect. An addition was built to the south in 1898. The 1883 portion was torn down in 1918. Signature on verso: W.A. Lewis [Lewis was a student at UM in the late 1890's]

Old Library and Botanical Garden

Ware and Van Brunt, architect. An addition was built to the south in 1898. The 1883 portion was torn down in 1918.

McMillan Hall

The university never owned McMillan Hall but it did serve the campus community. For many years the Y.M.C.A. had rented Sackett & McMillan Halls on State Street three blocks north of the campus, from the Presbyterian Church, ...[source: Encyclopedic Survey, p. 1669]. The Y.M.C.A. moved into Lane Hall upon its opening in 1917.

McMillan Hall -- belonging to Presbyterian Guild

The university never owned McMillan Hall but it did serve the campus community. "For many years the Y.M.C.A. had rented Sackett & McMillan Halls on State Street three blocks north of the campus, from the Presbyterian Church, ...[source: Encyclopedic Survey, pl 1669]. The Y.M.C.A. moved into Lane Hall upon its opening in 1917.

Martha Cook Building

York and Sawyer, architect. The Martha Cook Building was erected as a residence for women in 1915, a gift of William Wilson Cook ('80) in honor of his mother, Martha Walford Cook. Garden replanted in 1921 by Samuel Parsons of New York City.

Michigan Union

Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919.

Michigan Union

Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919.

Michigan Union

Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919. View taken from the northeast.

Michigan Union

Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919.

Michigan Union

Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919.

Michigan Union

Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919. Side view of the front of the building from the southeast.

Michigan Union

Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919. View from the southeast.

Michigan Union

Irving Kane and Allen B. Pond, architects. Plans for the Union were on a scale unknown at the time for "club houses" in American colleges and universities: 250 feet long and 200 feet wide. Construction began in 1916 and owing to war time difficulties was not ready to be used by students until 1919. Two new wings to the south were completed in 1936 and 1938. View from the front and north. Another addition was begun 1954-55. Right side of photograph is faded; crease in image from top to bottom.