Cranbrook Building Chronology, 1904-1996
| 1904-1910 | 1911-1920
| 1921-1930 | 1931-1940 | 1941-1950
| 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980
| 1981-1990 | 1991- |
1904-1910
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1904 The original farmhouse of Samuel Alexander Torn down in 1930
is remodelled and called the "Cottage"
1904-1905 Farm buildings are constructed on the Kingswood Most demolished 1917-
School site (Farm Group #1) 1921
1907 Original frame boat house erected Torn down in 1917
1907-1908 Cranbrook House and Tower Cottage constructed; Kahn worked from
Albert Kahn, architect George Gough Booth
sketches
1909 North garden constructed Garden beds simplified
during World War II
1910 Greenhouse completed, replacing the earlier one Torn down in 1950 for
attached to the house; Burrowes and Wells, present greenhouse
architects
Twin Cottage constructed; Burrowes and Wells,
architects
Sunken garden and Promenade balustrade begun Kahn designed "Water
Garden" removed 1923
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1911-1920
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1911 Service buildings completed; Burrowes and Wells,
architects
East Terrace constructed
Farm buildings constructed on Cranbrook School site; Demolished in 1926
Burrowes and Wells, architects (Farm Group #2)
1912 Rock garden (Oriental Garden) established
1913 West Terrace constructed - water garden pool
Tower Cottage enlarged for James Scripps Booth
1914 West Terrace fountain installed
Swimming pool at Greek Theater built
Cascade from pool built
1915 Brookside Cottage (Stoney House) constructed from
the Pump House for Farm Group #1
Greek Theater constructed; Burrowes and Wells, Actors' Court added
architects by HSB in 1924
Bought Crane Lantern for Oriental Garden Bought at expositions
at San Diego and
San Francisco
1916 Flowing Well (Rainbow Fountain) built; Marcus
R. Burrowes, architect; Pewabic tiles laid by Mary
Chase Stratton
1917 Boat House completed; Marcus R. Burrowes, Restored in 1983
architect
Samuel Yellin gates installed at south entrance Gate posts built in
of Cranbrook House 1916
New Morris Mill constructed
Root cellar built east of Tower Cottage
1918 Cranbrook House additions begun-- west wing, Work completed 1920
east wing, servants' wing, library wing;
Albert Kahn, architect
Meeting House constructed on Cranbrook Road; Now part of
George G. and Henry S. Booth, architects Brookside School
North stairway from Cranbrook House to Glassenbury North Terraces were
Lake (Kingswood Lake) begun added 1923-25
1919 Construction of Oak Room (Cranbrook House) Completed, 1920
begins; Albert Kahn, architect
1920 Wallace House built Sold to the Nances
in 1952 (per
Mary Anne Wallace
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1921-1930
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1921 Vegetable garden built east of Tower Cattage
Aviary built between Morning Room and Library Frame of aviary
at Cranbrook House later used for
kitchen window at
Brookside School
Fire House added to Tower Cottage
1922 Bloomfield Hills School, now called Brookside
School, opened its doors to students in the upper
floor of the Meeting House
Fire House added to Tower Cottage
Italian Cottage Present-day Piazza
Vettraino
1923 Forecourt of Cranbrook House rebuilt along
present lines
Turtle Fountain built
Clay tennis court erected south of Tower Cottage
First addition to Brookside School; George G. Booth,
architect
1924 Actors Court added to Greek Theater Henry S. Booth,
architect
Pavilion built along Lone Pine Road; Albert
Kahn, architect
West Terrace reflecting pool built
Henry Booth designed an art academy at Cranbrook
for his final student project at the University of
Michigan
1925 Eliel Saarinen completed a master plan for the
proposed art academy at Cranbrook
Theatre Bridge built
1925-1926 Work on the first Academy building, the Cranbrook Now Academy
Architectural Office; Swanson and Booth, architects Administration Building
(Saarinen addition,
1927-1929)
Thornlea House built; Henry S. Booth, architect Pool built 1929;
studio built 1938;
addition to Thornlea
ca.1940
Beresford House constructed; Swanson and Booth,
architects
1925-1928 Christ Church Cranbrook constructed; Bertram
Goodhue Associates, architects
1925-1930 Cranbrook School for Boys constructed; Eliel Saarinen based his
Saarinen, architect plan on Burrowes
and Wells' 1911
farm buildings
1926-1927 Cottages #1 and #2 built, Cranbrook School;
Henry S. Booth, architect
1927 Hedgegate House built; L.J. Heenan, architect Altered by Cranbrook
Architectural Office,
1948
Cranbrook School opened (September 1927)
1928 Kingswood School started at Bloomfield Hills
School (now Brookside School)
1928-1929 Headmaster's House (now Academy faculty
residences); Eliel Saarinen, architect
First Arts and Crafts Building, Academy;
Eliel Saarinen, architect
Pine Hill Cottage #1; Cranbrook Architectural
Office, architects
Thornlea Pool built
1928-1930 Academy Group Residences #1 and #2(Saarinen
and Milles Houses); Eliel Saarinen, architect
Faculty Way Residences; Cranbrook Architectural
Office, architects
1929 Brookside School, main addition; Henry S. Booth,
architect
1929-1930 Brookside House; Henry S, Booth, architect
Keppel Gymnasium, Cranbrook School; Eliel
Saarinen, architect
Valley Way Houses; Cranbrook Architectural Office,
architects
1930 Cranbrook Institute of Science (Original); George G. Altered significantly,
Booth, architect 1936-1937
Headmaster's House, Cranbrook School; D. Allen
Wright, architect; revised by Henry S. Booth
1930 Bloomfield Hills School becomes Brookside
School (September 1930)
1930-1931 Kingswood School Cranbrook built; Eliel
Saarinen, architect
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1931-1940
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1931-1932 Academy Studio #4 built (Milles Studio); Eliel Altered by R.H. Snyder
Saarinen, architect in 1956
1932-1933 Academy Studio #5 built; Eliel Saarinen,
architect
1933 Lake Jonah; Cranbrook Architectural Office,
architects
1934 Fire Station on Valley Way; Cranbrook Enlarged in 1938
Architectural Office, architects
Pine Hill Cottage #2; Cranbrook Architectural
Office, architects
1936 Dormitory #2, Academy of Art; Eliel Saarinen,
architect
1936-1937 Cranbrook Institute of Science; Eliel Saarinen,
architect
1937 Music Studios built at Cranbrook School; Eliel
Saarinen, architect
1937-1938 Church School Wing built at Christ Church
Cranbrook; Bertram Goodhue Associates,
architects
1938 Thornlea Studio built; Henry S. Booth,
architect
Dormitories #3 - #6, garage, Studios #5 and #6
erected at the Academy; Eliel Saarinen, architect
1939 Additions to Brookside School; Henry Booth, 1st, 2nd, 3rd grade
architect classrooms; gable
saved from 1924
addition
1939-1942 Cranbrook Academy of Art Library and Museum; Stairway addition by
Eliel Saarinen, architect Henry S. Booth,
1957-1958
1940 Senior Cabin at Kingswood School built; Henry
S. Booth, architect
Addition to Thornlea- Marshall Fredericks'
Fountain
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1941-1950
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1941 Lindquist Hall, Cranbrook School; Cranbrook Remodeled and
Architectural Office, architects enlarged as Gordon
Hall of Science
in 1976
1945 Addition to Stoney House
1947-1948 Supervisor's Cottage, Institute of Science;
Cranbrook Architectural Office, architects
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1951-1960
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1951-1952 Headmistress' Residence at Kingswood
School (Robin Hill); O'Dell Hewlett and
Luckenbach, architects
1955 Planetarium, Institute of Science; William E.
Kapp, architect
1958 Chanticleer Cottage, Cranbrook School;
Frank R. Chapman, architect
1959 Hockey Rink at Cranbrook School Revised in 1978-1979
Gymnasium at Brookside School; O'Dell
Hewlett and Luckenbach, architects
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1961-1970
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1961-1962 Skillman Wing, Institute of Science;
William E. Kapp, architect
1964 Gymnasium at Kingswood School; O'Dell
Hewlett and Luckenbach, architects
1965-1966 Edison House, Institute of Science;
William P. Smith, Jr., architect
1966-1967 Kresge Apartments; Swanson Associates,
architects
1968-1969 Nature Center, Institute of Science; Howard L.
Preston, architect
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1971-1980
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1973-1974 Tamarack Apartments; O'Dell Hewlett and
Luckenbach, architects
1974 Cranbrook Educational Community offices
moved from Academy building to Cranbrook
House
1976 Gordon Hall of Science, Cranbrook School;
Tarapata MacMahon and Paulsen, architects
1978-1979 Cranbrook School Hockey Rink; O'Dell OHL plans were
Hewlett and Luckenbach modified by Cranbrook
Physical Plant
personnel so that
project could come
in at budget,
according to
Cranbrook sources
1980 Kingswood Library remodelled; Tarapata Library installed in
MacMahon and Paulsen, architects original study halls
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1981-1990
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1985-1986 De Salle Auditorium, Academy of Art;
Robert Saarinen Swanson and George Zonars,
architects
1989 Skilled Trades Building (General Shop Building);
Tarapata MacMahon and Paulsen Associates,
architects; Dorian/Kassab, builders
1990-1991 Greek Theatre restored, Actor's Court rebuilt;
Quinn Evans/Architects, Inc., architects;
Dorian/Kassab, builders
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1991-
YEAR(S) BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION REMARKS
1991-1992 Public Relations Office, Cranbrook House;
Third floor of the House remodelled;
Warren Parden, designer
1993 Trellis Bridge built; Dan Hoffman and Ted
Galante, architects
1994 New Woodward Entrance built; Dan
Hoffman, architect
1995 Brookside renovation and expansion project
begins (April); Peter Rose, architect
Cranbrook Campus Tennis Court removed
and replaced
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