Building Timeline

1831: Granville Literary and Theological Institution is founded.

 

1845: Name officially changed to Granville College, although the name had appeared unofficially before this time.

 

1853: Board of Trustees votes to rename the institution to Denison University, honoring the agreement with William S. Denison to buy the naming rights for $10,000. The name would not become official until 1856.

 

1854: Denison’s Board of Trustees decides to move from the farm site roughly 1 mile outside of Granville onto the hill inside the village, where it stands today.

 

1858: Clarence Luther Herrick born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

1868: Charles Judson Herrick born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

1887: Preparatory Department spun off to form the Granville Academy.

 

1894: Barney Memorial Science Hall and Doane Academy Building constructed. Granville Academy renamed Doane Academy.

 

1904: C.L. Herrick dies in New Mexico.

 

1905: Barney Science Hall gutted by fire.

 

1909: Swasey Observatory constructed.

 

1924: Swasey Chapel constructed.

 

1927: Doane Academy closed.

 

1929: Whisler Hospital constructed.

 

1933: Games Slayter applies for a patent relating to the production of glass wool (AKA fiberglas).

 

1941: Life Science Building constructed.

 

1945: Leroy “Ace” Morgan killed overseas while serving in World War II.

 

1956: Theatre Arts Building and Ace Morgan Studio Theatre constructed.

 

1960: C. Judson Herrick dies.

 

1962: Slayter Student Union constructed.

 

1964: Games Slayter dies.

 

1967: Herrick Hall constructed.

 

1994: F.W. Olin Science Hall constructed.

 

1999: Barney Hall renovation completed and renamed Barney-Davis Hall.