East Roberts Hall

East Roberts Hall was a building on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, which opened on Wednesday, October 10, 1906.[2] Originally just referred to as the Dairy Building,[3] it was not called East Roberts Hall until 1923 when other departments moved in and the Dairy Department moved out and into the new Dairy Building. East Roberts Hall was demolished along with Roberts and Stone Halls ca 1987-1988.[4]

East Roberts Hall
The sign on East Roberts Hall
LocationCornell University campus, Ithaca, New York
Coordinates42°26′55″N 76°28′42″W
Built1905
ArchitectHeins, George L.; Kantrowitz, Morris
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Renaissance
Demolished1987-1988
MPSNew York State College of Agriculture TR
NRHP reference No.84003178
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 1984 [1]

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is still listed on the National Register.[1] It is listed erroneously as the building is no longer there. Cornell administrators, unable to get a demolition permit because of the building’s landmark status, brought in the wrecking ball about 7 a.m. on a Sunday morning in July. The listing isn’t erroneous, it’s like the empty frames in the Gardner that mark stolen paintings. [5] Roberts Hall and Stone Hall are two other former Cornell University buildings that were and are similarly listed.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. Archived from the original on 2007-06-01.
  2. "Dairy Building Opened: First Part of New College of Agriculture Is Now Completed-- Appropriate Exercises". Cornell Daily Sun. 27 (15). October 11, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. "The New York State College of Agriculture". Guide to the Campus of Cornell University. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. May 1920. p. 60. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. Crandall, Brad. "More Random Cornelliana". Ithacating in Cornell Heights. Retrieved 7 April 2019. The buildings were imploded in 1988-89
  5. Furry, Ronald B. (2007). "A Department that Leads". A Pioneering Department: Evolution from Rural Engineering to Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, 1907-2007 (PDF). Ithaca, NY: The Internet-First University Press. pp. 11, 13. Retrieved 27 May 2015.


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