A Traditon Begins...
The following is a timeline taking us back to the beginning of what has become a rich tradition born out of neccessity and nurtured throughout the years with the support of the University and all of its many members.
April 24, 1915
The first reference to a Faculty Club recorded in the minutes of the Board of Trustees.
April 4, 1916
On motion of Mr. Pomerene, the Faculty Club was given permission to erect a Faculty Club House upon the University campus, the plans and final site to be approved by the Board of Trustees.
May 2, 1916
The President presented the plans for financing the proposed Faculty Club House and Architect's sketches.
September 16, 1916
Plans were approved to erect a Faculty Club House on the South side of Observatory Road, between Oxley Hall and the Ohio Union.
January 10, 1922
At the meeting of the Board of Trustees plans for an Administration Building (currently Bricker Hall) which included space for a Faculty Club. The Faculty Club finally had a home and was housed in the Administration Building until 1939.
October 2, 1926
The Board of Trustees approved a petition submitted by the Board of Control of the University Faculty Club which formally recognized the Faculty Club as an accredited agency of the university subject to the control of the Board of Trustees.
October 10, 1938
The Board of Trustees approves the Board of Control's request for and funding of a new building. Funding provided by the Faculty Club membership and the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works.
April 24, 1939
The Faculty Club takes up residence at 181 South Oval Drive, nestled between Mirror Lake to the West and Orton Hall to the East.
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