Animal Care Facility
Barr Street Campus
This was the unofficial name used for the Indiana University Extension Center at 1120 S. Barr St. which was the former building of the Lutheran Institute. It was the location of Indiana University in Fort Wayne from 1939-1964 when the campus was moved to its present location on Coliseum Blvd.
Berry Street Campus
This was the name given to the Fine Arts School and former Fort Wayne Art Institute complex of buildings on Berry Street.
Broyles Boulevard
Named for former Chancellor Ralph E. Broyles, this campus road traverses the campus from Crescent Avenue on the east to St. Joe Road on the north. It was named on the occasion of Dr. Broyle's retirement.
Classroom-Medical Building
Groundbreaking took place December 13, 1979, and the building was completed in 1981. It was dedicated May 12, 1982. The original cost of the building was $5,990,000.
Davies Greenhouse
Dime Trust Bank Building
Located on the northwest corner of Wayne and Clinton Streets, the building was the site of the administrative offices of the Indiana University Extension Center from 1930-1939.
Engineering and Technology Building
Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building
Construction began on February 6, 1991, and the building was completed on November 16, 1992. On September 21, 1993 it was dedicated as the Engineering and Technology Building. On April 23, 2004 the name of the building was changed to Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building. The original cost of the building was $10,500,000.
Source: 2004-2005 Statistical Profile, p.5.
Ernest E. Williams Theatre
Named for Ernest E. Williams the theatre was formally opened at a gala dedication on Friday, April 16, 1993 at which the actress Claire Bloom presented her one-woman show, "Then Let Women Know: A Portrait of the Women of Shakespeare." The theatre was made possible by a gift of three million dollars from the Foellinger Foundation in 1987, $1.1 million from the Academic Facility Fee Fund and gifts from the Knight Foundation and the English-Bonter-Mitchell Trust. It was designed by Walter Scholer and Assoicates and James Architects and Engineers. Weigand Construction was the general contractor. The structure is 26,600 square feet and seats 299. Construction began on May 28, 1991, and the building was completed on October 26, 1992. The original cost of the building was $4,650,000.
Fine Arts Building
Gates Sports Center
Hilliard Gates Sports Center
The center was known originally as the multipurpose building. Ground breaking took place on May 12, 1980, the building was completed in 1981 and dedicated on May 12, 1982. On October 11, 1992 the building was rededicated and named the Hilliard Gates Sports Center. The original cost of the building was $4,117,000.
Kettler Hall
Kettler Hall was IPFW's first building. The groundbreaking took place on October 18, 1962, the cornerstone was placed on September 17, 1963, it opened on September 17, 1964, and was dedicated on November 8, 1964. On May 15, 1973 it was named to honor Fort Wayne civic leader, Alfred W. Kettler, Sr. (1892-1985). Kettler, a Purdue trustee, Purdue President Frederick Hovde, IU President Herman B. Wells, and IU trustee John Hastings were instrumental in bringing IU and Purdue together in Fort Wayne. In 1992 the mortgage on the building was fully paid. The original cost of Kettler Hall (which included the physical plant building and the extension service building) was $5,600,000.
Library
Life Sciences Resource Center
Construction began in November 1985, and the building was completed in 1986. The dedication took place on September 16, 1986. The original cost of the building was $1,200,000. The center was formerly located in TROM III and was built to support the teaching and research in prsychological sciences, biological sciences, preventive dentistry and medical education.
Source: 2004-2005 Statistical Profile, p.5.
Multipurpose Building
Neff Hall
The groundbreaking for Neff Hall, IPFW's second academic building, took place in 1970 and opened in 1972. On May 15, 1973 it was named for Floyd R. Neff who was the director of the IU Center in Fort Wayne from 1918-1951. Neff is credited with inaugurating the popular lecture courses, later conducted in all IU campus centers. The original cost of the building was $4,415,000.
Source: Stepping-Stones to the Future; a Self-Guided Walking Tour.
Parking Garages
The first parking garage was built east of the Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Building. Construction began June 12, 1990, and it was completed on February 26, 1991. The second was built east of the Walter W. Walb Student Union. Construction began on May 27, 1997, and the building was completed on June 25, 1998. They are referred to as "Parking Garage # 1" and "Parking Garage # 2" respectively. The original cost of Parking Garage # 1 was $4,500,000, and the original cost of Parking Garage # 2 was $7,200,000.
Source: 2004-2005 Statistical Profiles, p. 5.
Printing Services and Warehouse Building
Construction on the building began on March 19, 1990, and the structure was completed on December 14, 1990. The original cost of the building was $1,089,500.
Science building
The groundbreaking took place on May 8, 1996. The building was completed on February 27, 1998 and dedicated on September 15, 1998. Hagerman Construction Corporation held the general contract. The original cost of the building was $20,700,000.
Sources: Current (June 1996), p.3; 2004-2005 Statistical Profile, p.5.
Visual Arts Building
Construction began on the Visual Arts Building November 17, 1989. The building was completed on May 31, 1991. It was dedicated on September 15, 1992 and orginally referred to as the Fine Arts Building. On March 3, 2000 the name was changed to Visual Arts Building. The original cost of the building was $4,870,000.
Source: 2004-2005 Statistical Profile, p.5.
Walb Student Union
Walter E. Helmke Library
When Indiana University and Purdue University at Fort Wayne moved to the present campus site in 1964, the two libraries were merged into one collection of 35,000 books and 600 periodical subscriptions. It was located in a second floor wing of Kettler Hall. In 1969 funds were appropriated for a new building, and groundbreaking took place on November 11, 1970. In September 1972 the campus and community moved 100,000 volumes from Kettler Hall to the present building. The library was named and dedicated on September 20, 1977 for Walter E. Helmke, Fort Wayne attorney and active member of the I.U. Board of Trustees and the Indiana-Purdue Foundation. Three fund drives have supported the library. In 1969 Richard G. Inskeep and Walter W. Walb co-chaired a fund drive for the Indiana-Purdue Foundation that collected one million dollars for the building. Under the chairmanship of Paule E. Shaffer one million dollars was raised in 1983 for library materials. Again in 198XXXX an endowment was established for the same. In 199XXX a fund drive was successfully mounted that provided funding for materials and renovation of the library which established a Science and Technology Information Center. In 1990 the card catalog became an on-line catalog of the Indiana University Libraries system. The original cost of the building was $4,200,000.
See also Library Book Walk
Source: Walter E. Helmke Library Fact Sheet (1993).
Walter W. Walb Student Union
The groundbreaking for the building took place on May 11, 1970 and was completed and occupied in 1973. It was dedicated and named on September 20, 1977 in memory of Walter W. Walb. The original cost of the building was $4,000,000.
Waterfield Campus Student Housing
The groundbreaking for phase 1 of student housing took place on May 28, 2003. The units were completed in August 2004, and they were dedicated and named on September 21, 2004.
Source: 2004-2005 Statistical Profile, p. 5.
Williams Theatre
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