George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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LISNER LIBRARY THE GEORGE WASHINGTON ijniveriit i

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The Building of the Medical And Dental Schools The Law School on K Street LUner Hall and Other Buildings of the Arts and Sciences Group The School of Pharmacy, inaugurated in 1 872, eventually settled on property acquired at 808 F Street, and the Dental School, organ- ized in 1887, was housed with the Medical School. The University Hospital and a new medical building at 1335 H Street became necessary at the turn of the century when the former facilities were outgrown. Also, about this time the College of Engineering developed from the Corcoran Scientific School of the University For several years the University received help from the Baptist Convention, but in 1904 the University received Its present title, The George Washington University and was made unde- nominational by Act of Congress The buildings at Fifteenth and H were completely outgrown Reorganization followed, resulting in the sale of the former property and the removal of the school to the historic section of Hamburgh. On F Street the college first occupied several historical homes. Abram Lisner donated the property and house where the Library now stands. Another of the old homes which became the property of the University was the Woodhull House which served as the President ' s Office and is now known as Columbian House. At the University Centennial Celebration the French Government presented to The George Wash- ington University a captured German cannon, which stood for many years in the grounds of the Woodhull Administration Building Many of these older buildings were removed to make room for the construction of the present uni- versity buildings By 1925 the colonial style Corcoran and Stockton Halls were completed for the use of the physical sciences and the Law School. Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, who became President of The George Washington University in 1927, has done much to further the growth of the Uni- versity. Evidences of expansion are the acquisi- tion of Lisner Auditorium, the social science and biology buildings, the Hall of Government, and Strong Hall, a residence for women, as well as the greatly increased endowment and the rise in enrollment. Most recent additions to the University have been the health administration building, the building for a Student Union, the dormitory for nurses, and the new Hospital. New acquisitions and advances have now ex- tended the University to proportions far beyond the dreams of our first President, for whom it is so rightly named. Corceran Hall

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