Kresge Medical Research
Kresge Medical Research Building
Architects for planning the Kresge Hearing Research Institute Building at 1301 East Ann Street were appointed in July of 1960, and the firm of Holabird and Root received the contract. The construction contract was awarded to A. Z. Shmina and Sons Company in July of 1961, and the project was completed in September of 1962 at a cost of $1,742,136. The building was financed by a gift from the S. S. Kresge Foundation and included 37,537 gross square feet. This generous gift made possible a building devoted to research on hearing and causes of deafness. It was organized with the two-fold purpose of furnishing further knowledge of the hearing process in both health and disease and of training investigators in the knowledge gained and techniques developed.
(The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer>Physical Properties>Buildings, p. 80)
Library Addition
Funded by a $600,000 gift from the Kresge Foundation and University funds, a 38,848-square-foot addition to the Kresge Medical Research Building, designed by Giffels and Vallet and Skidmore and constructed by Jeffress-Dyer, Inc., opened in January 1956 as a new Medical Library. This four-stack level structure, with a reading room, a conference room, a rare-book room, five group-study rooms and 60 carrels, enabled the Medical Library collection to move from its former inadequate space in the Central Campus General Library. It also permitted combining the Medical, Nursing, and Hospital Libraries.
(The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer>Physical Properties>Buildings, p. 80)
Kresge Medical Research Addition
Planning architects Holabird and Root were approved for the Kresge Medical Research Building Addition at 1299 East Ann Street in July of 1961. Spence Brothers Construction Company of Saginaw was awarded the construction contract in April of 1963. The project was completed in September of 1964 at a cost of $1,570,749, financed by a federal grant, and included 40,106 gross square feet.
(The University of Michigan: An Encyclopedic Survey, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer>Physical Porperties>Building, p. 82)
