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Where Am I?

June 25, 2020

Yvonne Gay

A girl looks up while standing on a wooden staircase. — Photo credit: Pang Fei Chiang '19

Were you able to guess where this first photo was taken? Hint: Professor Frank Jewett led his students, each with an armload of apparatus, in a jubilant march from the cramped rooms of old Cabinet Hall (which stood in decay just south of Peters Hall) to this new building in the fall of 1901.

Before clicking on the answer key, continue testing your detective skills by naming the location of the staircases below.

Photo gallery of staircases

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A girl looking up on a wooden staircase.

A square staircase with wooden railings.

Grey metal staircase — Staircase 5: StudiOC. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones '97

Oak staircase — Staircase 6. Johnson House
Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

Stone staircase — Staircase 7: Bertram and Judith Kohl Building.
Photo credit: Matthew Lester

A Mid-century staircase. — Staircase 9: Patricia '63 & Merrill '61 Shanks Health and Wellness Center. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

Stone and metal staircase — Staircase 10: Robert Lewis Kahn Hall.
Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko

Ornate mid-century staircase — Staircase 11: Carnegie Building Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

A girl standing on a staircase — Oberlin’s Department of Psychology has its classrooms and offices in Severance, where Imke Hart ’19 is standing.
Photo credit: Pang Fei Chiang ’19

A red metal staircase — This colorful staircase in the Eric Baker Nord Performing Arts Annex is across from Kander Theater. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

A busy — Look to the left upon entering the front entrance of Finney Chapel to find this magnificent staircase. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko

Purple staircase in a school building. — The stairs in this old downtown Oberlin schoolhouse—home to the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts—get plenty of traffic from the surrounding community seeking artistic workshops and exhibitions.
Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

A metal staircase — Welcome to StudiOC. The facility is both a modern and flexible educational space and a new method for faculty to pursue multidisciplinary collaboration. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

Wooden fireplace surround next to an oak staircase — When Johnson House was completed in 1885, it was lavishly appointed with irregular shapes, surfaces, and 24 rooms. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

A long stone outdoor staircase — Kohl Building serves as home to jazz studies as well as programs in composition, musicology, and music theory. Photo credit: Matthew Lester

A large stone building — Talcott is a traditional residence hall that can accommodate 80 students.
Photo credit: Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

A long mid-century staircase in a gym. — The Shanks Center is adjacent to the Jesse Philips Physical Education Center. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

A long winding staircase — Kahn Hall is part of the First Year Residential Experience cluster and is focused on sustainable living. For those needing an easier climb, elevators also also located on the first floor. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko

A mid-century staircase and tile floor. — Located to the left of the atrium in the Carnegie Building, this ornate staircase leads to the geology department, Root Room, and a large book storage space. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

A wooden staircase — World language classrooms and offices for academic services and programs are found in this picturesque building. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

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