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BGSU Historic Campus Tour |
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Founders Quadrangle |
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Continue Walking Tour | Residence Hall Tour
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The construction of Founders Quadrangle was a function of the population increase and housing shortage that plagued the university
in the mid-1950s. Founders Quadrangle was named for the men who had successfully worked to establish Bowling Green Normal
School in 1910. Four separate but connected residence halls are named for: Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio, John Lowry, who
sponsored the legislation in the Ohio House, Granville W. Mooney, Speaker of the Ohio House,
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and Francis W. Treadway, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.The financing of the building was through the sale of revenue bonds on
the open market. Over the years, the building remained a focal point of residence life on campus and, following multiple renovations,
continues to be a centerpiece of student activity.
Listed below are additional highlights in the history of the building: |
- 1955, Board of Trustees approves plans for the construction of a women's dormitory for an estimated cost of $2.75 million
to be financed through the sale of revenue bonds on the open market.
- 1957, construction of building completed. The building would consist of four separate but connected residence halls that would
house nearly 800 women for a final cost of $2.753 million.
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- 1978, fire spreads throughout the top floor causing $6,700 damage.
- 1983, Board of Trustees approves conversion of the building to coeducational living arrangement.
- 1988, non-alcoholic nightclub "Quad Rock Café" opens.
- 1990, Board of Trustees approves $1.2 million renovation project.
- 1991, Board of Trustees approves additional $15.5 million renovation project.
- 1993, renovation of building completed. Improvements include renovation of student rooms, hallways, dining areas, installation
of a permanent power supply, two atriums, electronic door locks, fire alarms, elevators, new windows, asbestos removal, electrical
upgrading, installation of new plumbing system, conversion of five person rooms into suites, changing dining kitchen facilities,
creating conference space, air conditioning, and improvement of external appearance.
- 1993, Board of Trustees approves conversion of the building to coeducational living arrangement by suite.
- 2002, under-floor steam condensate piping replaced and new serving line tile replaced as a result.
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