The first residence used to house a university president pre-dated the university by thirty years. It was built in 1880 by the Wooster family, early settlers to the area.
President Homer B. Williams, the first president of the Bowling Green Normal College, lived in the large farmhouse at 725 E…
Purchased by the university in 1937 to serve as the second Presidential home, 838 E. Wooster Street was built in 1932 from a kit purchased through the Montgomery Ward catalog company.
It was first occupied by President Roy E. Offenhauer, who was killed in a car accident early in his tenure.…
Named for arguably the most successful baseball coach in Bowling Green history, Warren E. Steller Field has played host to baseball games since the mid-1960s. The construction of the baseball field was evidence of another effort by the University administrators to upgrade the sports facilities…
The construction of the Industrial Education and Technology Building in 1973 signaled a number of developments on the campus of Bowling Green State University. The building's large number of classrooms, labs, and offices would provide additional space for the burgeoning scientific community at BGSU.…
Completed at the airfield in 1945 to be used as a hangar during World War II. Following the war it was used by the Industrial Arts Department and was equipped with a forge, iron foundry, non-ferrous foundry, classrooms, machine shop, wood shop, and photo shop.
This one-room school is a part of the University's collection of pre-1940 educational memorabilia. The schoolhouse, built in 1875, was originally located in Huron County, southeast of Norwalk, Ohio. The building was 100 years old when it was dismantled and moved to the BGSU campus, to become a…
In 1989 the Board of Trustees approved construction of a "transitional facility" to house administrative offices located in the center of campus. The vacated central campus spaces could then be renovated for academic use.Currently, College Park is home to Nontraditional and Transfer Student…
As the University population expanded, student dining halls became dated and worn out. Demands of students for healthier menu choices and an evolving service attitude on the part of those providing for their needs combined with a desire for ecologically sustainable buildings were a strong influence…
The Whittaker Track was named after BGSU football and track coach,Robert H. Whittaker. When the Whittacker Track was built, it was one of only three non-skid, all weather plastic "tartan" tracks in the world. The eight lane, 1/4 mile oval was replaced in 2008 for approximately $770,000 due to a…
BGSU's home soccer field was named after Cornelius (Mickey) R. Cochrane, the head men's coach for 26 years (Cochrane retired in 1977). The soccer field was dedicated in October of 1980 with improvements made in the 1990s and 2011. During the 1992-1993 season, fences and shrubs were added and the…
The Keefe Tennis Courts were built in 2007. They replaced the previous tennis courts, which had been used for approximately 50 years. consist of eight couts. Built between Stellar Field and the softball complex in 2007, the courts feature right courts, and cost $352,000 to build. They feature an…