Description: The United States Industrial Reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio opened to inmates in January, 1926 after being authorized in 1923. Until 1929 when Congress approved $3,000,000 in funding for permanent buildings, inmates were housed in the repurposed buildings of Camp Sherman, a World War I military training camp. The Camp Sherman quarters included the brick superintendent’s house and a wooden chapel, as well as temporary buildings made up of six dormitories, dining room, kitchen, and auditorium. Prisoner activities consisted of four hours of school daily, viewing movies three times a week, and access to a library and 50 bed hospital. Construction of the new reformatory facilities began in 1928 and was completed in 1936. The new reformatory facilities were to include a receiving building, one inside cell house, two outside cell houses and eight dormitories, as well as a hospital building, mess hall, warehouse, six shops, and a school building and auditorium. In the mid-1930’s a foundry and brick plant opened at the reformatory as part of the Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Items manufactured at the reformatory were sold to the Federal Government. In 1966, the reformatory became part of the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F11_008_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio)--History; Chillicothe Correctional Institution (Chillicothe, Ohio); Dormitories--United States; Reformatories--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "College of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio." The photograph shows the front entrance and iron gates for the dormitory at Cincinnati's College of Music. The College of Music opened in 1878, with classes for 500 day and evening students being held in Dexter Hall, adjacent to Music Hall. Theodore Thomas was the first director, and he recruited very talented people from around the world to come and teach. In 1884, the College moved into its' first permanent building, The Odeon, which had a 1500 seat theater and a pipe organ. Throughout the 1880 and 1890's as the College and it's reputation grew, more buildings were built. The College of Music established a fruitful relationship both the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and separately with the University of Cincinnati, during the 1900s. During the 1930s, they had the first collegiate broadcast department in the country, with the opening of its' Radio Extension of the College of Music. The College of Music and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music merged in 1955 due to declining enrollment at both schools and renamed the Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music. This new school became the fourteen college at the University of Cincinnati in 1962, and a new complex was built on UC's campus (completed in 1972). CCM flourished as part of the university, and by 1999 renovations were undertaken and the CCM Village built. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F08_012_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Dormitories--United States; College of Music of Cincinnati; Schools--Ohio; Music; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Back of the photograph reads: "Clark Co., Springfield, O. April 28, 1937. KELLAR [sic] HALL, dormitory for Wittenberg College theological students." The photograph shows Keller Hall on the Wittenberg College campus. The hall, named after the college's first president, Ezra Keller, was financed in 1889 and dedicated in 1901, was demolished in 1997 to make way for Hollenbeck Hall, the humanities building. This new building incorporated the arched doorway of Keller Hall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F05_046_001
Subjects: Dormitories; College buildings; Bell towers; Wittenberg College; Wittenberg University
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "College of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio." The photograph shows the front entrance and iron gates for the dormitory at Cincinnati's College of Music. The College of Music opened in 1878, with classes for 500 day and evening students being held in Dexter Hall, adjacent to Music Hall. Theodore Thomas was the first director, and he recruited very talented people from around the world to come and teach. In 1884, the College moved into its' first permanent building, The Odeon, which had a 1500 seat theater and a pipe organ. Throughout the 1880 and 1890's as the College and it's reputation grew, more buildings were built. The College of Music established a fruitful relationship both the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and separately with the University of Cincinnati, during the 1900s. During the 1930s, they had the first collegiate broadcast department in the country, with the opening of its' Radio Extension of the College of Music. The College of Music and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music merged in 1955 due to declining enrollment at both schools and renamed the Cincinnati College - Conservatory of Music. This new school became the fourteen college at the University of Cincinnati in 1962, and a new complex was built on UC's campus (completed in 1972). CCM flourished as part of the university, and by 1999 renovations were undertaken and the CCM Village built. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F14_014_1
Subjects: Dormitories--United States; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; College of Music of Cincinnati
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Elliott Hall is a residence hall at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Construction on this building began in 1913 after a donation from Armita V. Thompson Elliott of Canton. The dormitory is for upperclass female students and is located near the campus lakes. In 1943, when the campus was used as a training facility for the Air Corps, some of the cadets stayed in Elliott Hall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F02_033_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Education; Universities and colleges; Dormitories; Mount Union College
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)