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July 16, 2020

Yvonne Gay

A round bulbed chandelier — Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

Chandeliers, pendants, and wall sconces hang from ceilings and are affixed to the sides of buildings like architectural jewelry around campus. While they are appreciated, these pieces can blend seamlessly into the style of their surroundings. Until now. Can you name the space where this chandelier resides?

Were you able to guess which campus building this chandelier resides? If not, perhaps it would help to know that the building was designed by the same architects responsible for Warner Gymnasium.

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

A gallery of 12 pictures of lights

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A large silver chandelier hanging from a white ceiling

Large round light hanging from ceiling — Light 5: Clarence Ward Art Library.
Photo credit: Matthew Lester

A mid-century brass chandelier — Light 6: Carnegie Building. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

An old round black chandelier — Light 7: Finney Chapel. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko

A long black metal wall sconce on a brick building — Light 8: An outside light on the entrance of the Wright Laboratory of Physics building. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

Two long concrete ceiling slabs with lights attached — Light 9: Mudd Center. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

A wooden chandelier — Light 10: Asia House library. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

A three glass chandelier — Light 11: Monroe House. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

A museum at night. — Light 12: The front porch of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Oberlin physician and 1875 Oberlin College graduate Dr. Dudley Peter Allen funded the building of the Allen Memorial Art Museum in 1915, and consulted steadily with architect Cass Gilbert through his last years. Dr. Allen’s widow, Elizabeth, saw the project through to its completion in 1917. Elizabeth was the daughter of oil millionaire Louis Henry Severance, donor of Severance Laboratory. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

A large open atrium — The first floor of Carnegie Building is home to the college’s Academic Advising and Resource Center, Office of the Registrar, and Study Away and Student Employment offices. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

Inside a stone chapel — The acoustics in Fairchild Chapel make it a perfect place for the conservatory and voice performances that take place there each year. The space is also used by the community for wedding ceremonies.
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83

People dance in a large room — Dances, plays, orchestra performances, and community and college functions are just some of the events held in Wilder’s main space.
Photo credit: Yvette Chen ’15, 2015

Long skinny lights hang in an open lounge area — The lobby of the Patricia ’63 and Merrill ’61 Shanks Health and Wellness Center.
Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

Two students study in a library nook. — A study nook in the Clarence Ward Art Library. The window behind the student sitting on the couch looks into an art gallery in the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
Photo credit: Matthew Lester, 2019

Display cases in a geology department — Geology display cases on the second floor hallway of the Carnegie Building.
Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko

A large orchestra performs on stage — The Oberlin Orchestra performs in Finney Chapel.
Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko, 2019

A sandstone building — The Wright Laboratory of Physics building is named for aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright, whose older sister attended Oberlin. Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko

A night shot of a library with lots of lights. — The Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center, named to memorialize the distinguished physician and philanthropist, was completed in 1974. Photo credit: Marissa Camino

A dark wooden beamed library. — The name Quadrangle is interchangeable with Asia House, as the facility is around an open courtyard. Students who live here share a common interest in Asian and Asian American cultures. Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97

Students in a living room of a house turned into a museum. — Students tour nearby Monroe House built by Giles Shurtleff, a theology student and tutor at Oberlin College who later commanded the first Black regiment in Ohio. Shurtleff sold the home to James Monroe—Oberlin's leading antislavery politician—in 1870. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

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