Northern From the Air
Aerial Views and Maps of ONU
1879 - Present
Campus
and
surrounding
area – from
1879 Hardin
County
Atlas
S. Main Street
Campus,
1900
Wood frame
classroom
building
popularly
known as
“The
Sheepshed”
Alumni Field – purchased
by Northern in 1903. Site of
current War Memorial Park
S. Main St.
Campus,
1910
Moved to this site from
near “Old University ”in
1909
S. Gilbert St.
Block north of
Campus, 1924
Campus,
1924
Campus 1929
Campus,
1939
Presser
Hall, Music
- 1929
West Campus – Looking
East – Later 1930’s
Future Site of McIntosh
Center
West Campus – Looking
East – Later 1930’s
Taft Gym and
Athletic Fields
West Campus – Looking
East – Later 1930’s
West University
Ave.
Front Campus - 1950
Brown Hall
Front Campus - 1950
Warren G. Harding College
of Law – Later Huber
Building
Front Campus - 1950
University Power
Plant – Later Hill
Annex
Front Campus - 1950
Terrace –
Co-ed Housing
and later
Student Union
Early 1950’s –
West Campus as
a Farm
Taft
Gym
Early 1950’s –
West Campus as
a Farm
Future site of
McIntosh Center,
Early 1950’s –
West Campus as
a Farm
Future site of
Freed Center,
University Inn
Late 1950’s or
Early 1960’s
Future site of
Heterick
Memorial
Library
Late 1950’s or
Early 1960’s
Cafeteria – First
Phase of McIntosh
Center
Late 1950’s or
Early 1960’s
Lima Hall
Late 1950’s or
Early 1960’s
At this time, the traffic flow
was along an interior
boulevard.
McIntosh Center
Completed, March
1968
Early 1960’s
W. College Ave.
Note at this
point it does not
run west.
Early 1960’s
Last of On-campus Trailers
Early 1960’s
Terrace – Now Classrooms
Circa. 1964
Lima Hall
Circa. 1964
Founder’s Hall Under
Construction
Circa. 1964
Note Boulevard Down
the Center of West
Campus
Campus Map –
1964-65
1966-67
Robertson-Evans
Pharmacy Building
Completed
1966-67
Construction just
begun on Heterick
Memorial Library
1966-67
Campus Roadway Not Yet
Connected to W. Lincoln
Ave.
1966-67
Lima Hall Complex
• Brookhart
• Lima
• Roberts
1966-67
Founder’s Hall Complex
• Park
• Founder’s Hall
• Maglott
1966-67
Delta Sigma Phi
1966-67
Phi Mu Delta
1966-67
Sigma Pi
1966-67
Alpha Epsilon Pi
1966-67
Future Site of Phi
Kappa Theta
Circa. 1968
Heterick
Completed
Circa. 1968
Future Site of
Chapel,
Philosophy &
Religion Buildings
Circa. 1968
Traffic Outlet Now
to W. Lincoln Ave.
Central Boulevard
Abandoned
Circa. 1968
Circa. 1968
1971-72
English Chapel and
Young Building
1971-72
Robertson-Evans
Pharmacy Building
1971-72
Meyer Hall of Science
1971-72
Biggs Engineering
Building
1971-72
Phi Kappa Theta House
Circa. 1976
King-Horn Center
Circa. 1976
Three Buildings in the Science
Complex, Later to be
Connected
Circa. 1978
Lake Neiheiser
Circa. 1978
Sleesman Farm, Purchased
by ONU, 1989
Campus in Mid1980’s, Before
Purchase of
Sleesman Farm
Campus in Mid1980’s, Before
Purchase of
Sleesman Farm
Campus in Mid1980’s, Before
Purchase of
Sleesman Farm
Sept. 1987
University Sq.
Apartments
Sept. 1987
University Place retirement
homes
Freed Center Under
Construction, 1990
Construction
Beginning on
Field House
1991-92
Freed Center
1991-92
Field house
1991-92
Deming-Combe entrance and
W. College Ave. Boulevard
2004
Dicke Hall
2004
Heterick Memorial
Library With Third
Floor
2004
Hill Annex,
Demolished 2008
2004
2004
2004
2004
Future Site of
Affinity Housing
2004
Dial-Roberson
Stadium
2004
Dicke House –
President’s
Residence
2004
2004
2004
Early 1950’s –
West Campus as
a Farm
West Campus, 2004
Field House and
King-Horn Center
Nov. 2005
Founder’s Hall
Complex
Nov. 2005
Nov. 2005
Lake View Apartments
University Terrace
Nov. 2005
Stadium View Apartments
Under Construction
Nov. 2005
Nov. 2005
Polar Place
Nov. 2005
Northern Commons
Nov. 2005
Klondike’s Den
Nov. 2005
Start of Affinity Village
2006
Affinity Housing Under
Construction
2006
Stadium View Apartments Under
Construction
2006
Future site of Dial-Roberson
Stadium
Fall 2007, Looking W.
from Heterick Library