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Charles Warner Pierce, 1867-1947 |
Charles Warner Pierce is believed to be the first African-American to receive a degree in Chemical Engineering. He received that degree in 1901 from Armour Institute of Technology, one of the predecessor colleges of Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago). The IIT Archives is pleased to have a significant number of items in its collection which document Charles Warner Pierce’s time at Armour Institute of Technology. These documents have been digitized and are posted in this online exhibit.
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IIT’s “Other” Buildings |
In round numbers, there are about fifty buildings on Illinois Institute of Technology’s main campus at 33rd and State Streets in Chicago, world renowned as the "Mies campus". Beyond our State Street campus, the university occupies several other buildings at multiple locations including our Downtown Campus at Adams and Jefferson Streets, our Rice Campus in Wheaton, and our Moffett Campus in Bedford Park. With the announcement in 2001 that S. R. Crown Hall had been awarded National Historic Landmark status and the Chicago Landmark designation awarded in 2004 to Main Building and Machinery Hall, this exhibit looks at some other IIT buildings which have been accorded marks of architectural distinction.
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Expanding Campus Boundaries: The IIT Building Program During World War II |
Within months of the 1940 merger of Lewis Institute
and Armour Institute of Technology which created Illinois Institute of
Technology, the trustees and school administrators were at work on a plan
to expand the State Street campus. The proposal identified six new buildings
needed for the college with a price tag of $3,100,000. Put on hold during
the war, the building program was re-evaluated seven years later, and
the list grew to 15 buildings. When land, housing, utilities, landscaping,
and laboratory equipment were added to the list of buildings needed by
the college in 1947, the total post-war price tag came to $15,000,000. |
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Designing the Future: The Institute of Design Collection at the Illinois Institute of Technology |
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| One of the premier collections of the IIT Archives housed in the Paul V. Galvin Library is a superb grouping of original manuscripts documenting the early years of the Institute of Design. To learn more about this exhibit, which can currently be seen in the Galvin Library | ||
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| Collectively, 100 years worth of school “annuals” chronicle the history of Lewis Institute, Armour Institute, and Illinois Institute of Technology. As its premier online exhibit, the IIT Archives presents | ||
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| Page last updated on July 17, 2000. |
