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Ohio Mid-Century Modern Educational Buildings

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Fairfield High School [gone]
Fairfield, OH
Fairfield High School was built in 1951. It is now known as the Fairfield Freshman High School. In 2017, these buildings were demolished. For more, see this website.

Beeghly Library
Heidelberg College
Tiffin, OH
The Beeghly Library is a round three-story building. The building was made from precast concrete. It was designed by Orville Bauer and constructed in 1967. [map]

Sophronia Brooks Hall Auditorium
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
The Sophronia Brooks Hall Auditorium was designed by Wallace Harrison and built in 1953. For more, see this website. [map]

Conservatory of Music
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
The Conservatory of Music, aka Doris McMaster Bibbins Hall, was designed by Minoru Yamasaki and built in 1963. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

King Building
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
The King Building was also designed by Minoru Yamasaki and built in 1966. This building and the Conservatory shown above have been described as Neo-Gothic and resemble Yamasaki's best-known work, the World Trade Center that was in New York City. For more, see this website. [map]

Akron Institute of Herzing University [gone]
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
The Akron Institute of Herzing University building was built in 1963. It was constructed as a medical facility for Port-Haven Associates. The building was designed by Kamenir-Hamed Architects. The round building was 85 feet in diameter. The panels were made of precast concrete. The building was vacant when these photos were taken in 2011. It was still vacant in 2018. The building was demolished in 2019. For more, see this website.

More Ohio:
Jerome Library (Bowling Green) [map]
Parkside Intermediate School (Westlake)