Henry Fowle Durant purchases first parcels of land that will ultimately become the site for Wellesley College
First design for New York City's Central Park by Frederick Law Olmsted
United States Civil War
Olmsted begins Boston's Emerald Necklace
Incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary
College Hall construction begins
Name changed to Wellesley College
First students arrive and construction begins
Founding of School of Music and School of Art
Music Hall built
Henry Durant dies
Norumbega Cottage built on future site of Jewett Arts Center
Farnsworth Art Building constructed adjacent to Jewett Arts Center site
Alice Van Vechten Brown begins teaching at Wellesley College
Art History major established
Course in museum training taught for the first time
International exhibition of modern art, the Armory Show, in New York City
World War I
Paul Rudolph born in Elkton, Kentucky
Bauhaus founded in Weimar, Germany
Agnes Abbot begins teaching at Wellesley College
Bauhaus moves to Dessau, Germany
Alfred H. Barr begins teaching at Wellesley College
Richard Neutra designs Health House in Los Angeles
The MoMA opens in NYC
Stock market crash
Modern Architecture: International Exhibit" at MoMA
Black Mountain College in North Carolina founded
Sirarpie Der Nersessian begins teaching full-time at Wellesley College
Walter Gropius moves to Harvard Graduate School of Design
World War II
Proposal for the addition to Farnsworth
John McAndrew begins teaching at Wellesley College
Paul Rudolph graduates from Harvard Graduate School of Design
Alvar Aalto's Baker House dorm at MIT constructed
"New Dorms" constructed on Wellesley College campus
Jewett Family announces gift to fund a new art building
Paul Rudolph starts designing Jewett Arts Center
Ground broken for construction on June 9th
Frederick Jewett Sr. dies in November
Art and Music departments move into Jewett building in August
Jewett building dedicated on October 18th
Rudolph named Chair of Yale Architecture
February Symposium dedicated to the Jewett Arts Center
Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center at Harvard opens
Davis Museum and Cultural Center designed by Rafael Moneio opens
