Chronology of the Michigan Agricultural College
1855–1870 1871–1885 1886–1900 1901–1915 1916–1925
| Year | Event or Building | History |
| 1871 | Chemical Laboratory | Demolished, 1955 |
| 1872 | 2nd Horse Barn, 38x100 feet, where front of Agriculture Hall is now. | Moved, used for tools and implements and a wash-room for men [Beal, p. 269] |
| 1873 | Botanic Garden (Beal wants 1877) | Existing |
| “The Rock” (Gift, Class of 1873) | Moved, 1986 | |
| 1874 | President’s house (Faculty Row № 1) | Demolished, 20 Mar. 1946 |
| Faculty Row № 2 | Demolished, 1945-6 [Kuhn, p. 446] |
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| Faculty Row № 3 | Demolished, 1945-6 [Kuhn, p. 446] |
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| 2nd greenhouse, the first in a new complex near Botanic Garden | Demolished, 1918 [Lautner, p. 58] | |
| Wagon bridge over brook & hollow | Removed, 1888 | |
| Foot bridge betw. FR and college | Removed, 1888 | |
| 1875 | 2nd Farm Lane bridge (wooden) | Replaced, 1888 |
| 2nd pear orchard planted on the hill | ||
| 1876 | Saints’ Rest burns | |
| 1877 | 1st Wells Hall | Burned, 11 Feb. 1905 |
| 1st Dam in Red Cedar River | ||
| Grand Trunk RR crosses farm | Canadian National RR | |
| Botanic Garden started Arboretum started |
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| 1878 | Corn house | |
| 1879 | Double row of elms planted | Died off, c. 1930s-1960s |
| 1880 | 1st Botany Lab | Burned, 23 Mar. 1890 |
| 1st Observatory | Demolished | |
| Ice house, 20x30 feet | Burned, Summer 1906 [Beal, p. 270] |
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| 1881 | Library–Museum | Existing (Linton Hall) |
| 1882 | 1st addition to Chem Lab | |
| 1st Boiler house built | ||
| 1883 | Fountain (Gift, Class of 1883) | Moved, 1930s; today, unknown. |
| Grain barn and 1st silo | ||
| 1884 | Faculty Row № 8 | Demolished, c. 1948. |
| Faculty Row № 9 | Moved, c. 1922 to 217 Beech St. | |
| Station Terrace | Moved c. 1923–24 to 291 Durand St. | |
| 1885 | Faculty Row № 10 | Demolished, c. 1922 |
| Armory | Demolished, 1939 | |
| Mechanical Shop - Engineering | Burned, 1916 | |
| Veterinary Lab | Demolished, c. 1930 | |
| Note: Italicized entries are from Beal’s “College as a River” timeline, 1913 | ||
