New Oberlin Conservatory of Music Opens to the Public – Sept. 27, 1964

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the world-class music conservatory of Oberlin College, was founded in 1865. It's the second oldest conservatory in the United States, as well as the oldest continually operating conservatory.

And sixty years ago, the conservatory was about to unveil its new home to the public. It had just moved into its beautiful new four-building complex at College and Professor Streets. It had previously called Warner Hall (shown in the vintage postcard above) its home for 80 years.

The transition to the conservatory's modern new home played out over much of 1964. I posted an article about some buildings on Main Street being cleared to make room for it back here. And I posted the article below about Warner Hall (accompanied by some personal reminisces about the new conservatory) back here in 2015.

On September 26, 1964, the photo below appeared on the front page of the Journal.

This full page of photos of the new complex appeared in the same edition.

Several postcards depicting the various buildings were produced.

And here are a few photos from last weekend.