1932 The grand Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library, built in 1931-32 at the depth of the Great Depression, is dedicated.
1946
1880 When USC opens its doors, it consists of a single building, today's Widney Alumni House, on a 7 1/2 -acre parcel of land.
1920s After World War I, USC experiences a building boom. Nine new buildings are completed by the end of the first decade of the tenure of USC president Rufus B. von KleinSmid, including Mudd Hall of Philosophy (1929).
A new USC master plan proposes a campus bounded by Vermont Avenue to the west, Jefferson Boulevard to the north, Figueroa Street to the east and Exposition Boulevard to the south. This plan is the first to propose a self-contained campus rather than one intersected by city streets.
1885 With Two residences, one for men and one for women, constructed. Within five years of the university's founding, there is sufficient housing for all students.
1919 Prominent Los Angeles architect John Parkinson creates the university's first master plan for development, which envisions a campus connected with Exposition Park via a series of buildings along University Avenue. A total of 21 buildings are proposed.
1952 USC's Health Sciences campus opens.
1905
1887 The Old College building is dedicated on the site of the present Mark Taper Hall of Humanities.
The idea of moving USC is proposed and continues to be debated until 1917, when USC president George F. Bovard declares that the university is committed to solving the problems of Los Angeles and that it will remain "a city institution."
1953 University Avenue (today's Trousdale Parkway) is closed to vehicular traffic. A series of land acquisitions enables the University Park campus to expand north of 34th Street, providing a site for a new building for the dental school.
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