 The
Baird Biology Building, previously known as “Mooreland,” the home and
deer park of sportsman Johnston Moore, class of 1829, was purchased
by Dickinson College in 1932 from the family estate following the death
of Euphemia P. Moore, Johnston’s daughter. When the building was converted
to college use in 1937, it became the home of the Biology Department.
It was dedicated in memory of Spencer
Fullerton Baird, a member of the graduating class of 1840, who would
achieve notoriety as one of the leading naturalists of his day, ultimately
serving as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The three-story
building, which sat on the grounds of the Benjamin Rush campus, was
demolished in 1966 to make room for Witwer
Hall. |
