Cranbrook Timeline
| Years | Building & Construction | Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
1925-26 |
|
Work on the first Academy building, the Cranbrook Architectural Office Swanson and Booth, architects Thornlea House built Henry S. Booth, architect Beresford House built Swanson and Booth, architects Christ Church Cranbrook Sextonry built Swanson and Booth, architects |
|
Now CAA Administration Building-- Saarinen addition, 1927-29 Pool built 1929; Studio built 1938; addition to Thornlea c.1940 |
|
|
1925-28 |
|
Christ Church Cranbrook constructed Bertram Goodhue Associates, architects |
|
|
|
1925-30 |
|
Cranbrook School for Boys constructed Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
Saarinen based his plan on Burrowes and Wells’ 1911 farm buildings |
|
|
1926-27 |
|
Repairs and alterations made to Tower Cottage Swanson and Booth, architects Cottages #1 and #2 built, Cranbrook School Henry S. Booth, architect |
|
|
|
1927 |
|
Hedgegate House built; L.J. Heenan, architect Cranbrook School for Boys opened (September 1927) Cranbrook School Senior Cabin and Bridge built in December |
|
Partially built on foundations of the Italian Cottage for George Coleman Booth A gift to the boys from George Booth |
|
|
1928-29 |
|
Headmaster’s House (now CAA faculty residences) Eliel Saarinen, architect First Arts and Crafts Building, CAA Eliel Saarinen, Architect Pine Hill Cottage #1 Cranbrook Architectural Office Thornlea Pool built |
|
|
|
1928-30 |
|
Academy Group Residences #1 and #2 (Saarinen and Milles Houses) Eliel Saarinen, architect Faculty Way Residences Cranbrook Architectural Office |
|
|
|
1928 |
|
Kingswood School started at Brookside School |
|
|
|
1929-30 |
|
Brookside House Henry S, Booth, architect Keppel Gymnasium, Cranbrook School Eliel Saarinen, architect Valley Way Houses Cranbrook Architectural Office |
|
|
|
1929 |
|
Brookside School, main addition Henry S. Booth, architect |
|
|
|
1930-31 |
|
Kingswood School for Girls built Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
|
|
1930 |
|
Cranbrook Institute of Science (Original) George G. Booth, architect Headmaster’s House, Cranbrook School (Second) D. Allen Wright, architect Revisions by Swanson and Booth Saarinen House Brookside School opened in new building (September 1930) Pavilion encased with glass walls |
|
Altered significantly in 1936-37 Toilet facilities and heating plant upgraded in 1932 |
|
|
1931-32 |
|
Academy Studio #4 built (Milles Studio) Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
Altered by R.H. Snyderin 1956 |
|
|
1932-33 |
|
Academy Studio #5 built Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
|
|
1933 |
|
Jonah Lake created Cranbrook Architectural Office |
|
|
|
1934 |
|
Fire Station in Valley Way Cranbrook Architectural Office Pine Hill Cottage #2 Cranbrook Architectural Office Pavilion converted into gallery and lecture hall for Cranbrook Academy of Art Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
Enlarged in 1938 Erected for associate rector, Christ Church Cranbrook Glass walls replaced with masonry, new entrance at road, basement for offices and storage, rudimentary air conditioning. Used for exhibitions until Art Museum opened in 1942. Site of Crandemonium Balls of 1934 and 1936. |
|
|
1936-37 |
|
Cranbrook Institute of Science Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
Altered 1961-62 |
|
|
1936 |
|
Dormitory #2, Cranbrook Academy of Art Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
|
|
1937-38 |
|
Church School Wing built at Christ Church Cranbrook Bertram Goodhue Associates, architects |
|
|
|
1937 |
|
Music Studios built at Cranbrook School Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
|
|
1938 |
|
Top section of the water tower at Cranbrook House removed and replaced with flat roof. Remodeled to become cottage addition to Tower Cottage. Henry Scripps Booth's Architectural Studio built Orpheus Fountain installed Dormitories #3 - #6, garage, Studios #5 and #6 erected at the Academy Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
|
|
1939-42 |
|
Cranbrook Academy of Art Library and Museum Eliel Saarinen, architect |
|
Stairway addition by Henry Booth, 1957-58 |
|
|
1939 |
|
Additions to Brookside School Henry Booth, architect Tunnel under Cranbrook Road from Brookside to Mill Race added Stone wall along Cranbrook Road removed; replaced with iron picket fence and sidewalk |
|
1st, 2nd, 3rd grade classrooms; gable saved from 1924 addition |
|
|
1940 |
|
Senior Cabin at Kingswood School built Henry Booth, architect Addition to Thornlea- Marshall Fredericks Fountain |
|
|
|
1941 |
|
Lindquist Hall, Cranbrook School Cranbrook Architectural Office Tower Cottage was renovated into apartments for faculty housing |
|
Remodeled and enlarged as Gordon Hall of Science in 1976 |
|
|
1945 |
|
Addition to Stoney House |
|
|
|
1946 |
|
St. Dunstan's Guild begins leasing Pavilion from Cranbrook Foundation Cranbrook School Senior Cabin (Club House) renovated |
|
Stage added to interior; building becomes known as "St. Dunstan's Playhouse" |
|
|
1947-48 |
|
Supervisor’s Cottage, Cranbrook Institute of Science Cranbrook Architectural Office Hedgegate House remodeled into faculty apartments L.J. Heenan, architect; CAO |
|
Purchased by the Cranbrook Foundation from George Coleman Booth |
|
|
1950 |
|
New greenhouse at Cranbrook House Wm. P. Klemm & Son |
|
|
