Aerial View of Oakland Drive Campus Before CHHS Construction

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Below is an aerial photo of the Oakland Drive Campus taken in 2000. From the tree-lined Oakland Drive, the photo looks across the valley and Stadium Drive to the Student Recreation Center and Read Fieldhouse.

Water Tower Hospital quadrangle and administrative offices June M. Sherman Chapel (steeple visible only ) WMU Power Plant Stadium Drive Read Fieldhouse Student Recreation Center Future CHHS building site

Below is the same photo of the Campus, superimposed with footprints of 1940-era hospital buildings. Note that in the 1940's the central quadrangle was not yet complete, with an unconnected building (a chapel) occupying the northeast corner. The large footprint near the center of the photo is the Female Center. A companion building, the Male Center, was located on the south side of the quadrangle. The Female Center building location was selected for the future College of Health and Human Services building.

Old chapel building, before completion of quadrangle Noble Lodge Linda Richards Memorial Nurses' Home Gatehouse Water Tower Chapel Female Unit; site of new College of Health building Male Unit - demolished Stadium Drive Oliver Street Oakland Drive Wheaton Avenue University Power Plant Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital Quadrangle and historid Water Tower Gatehouse Howard Street Proposed building site for College of Health and Human Services Preserving and enhancing  park-like setting along Oakland Drive. WMU Home Page