Weaver Cottage

Weaver Cottage was constructed by royalty to house a privileged son who didn't want to live on campus.

First off, Weaver Cottage, while boasting fancy roof tiles, isn't exactly luxurious. It sleeps eight upstairs. In bunk beds.

Second, although the building's donor, Robert Weaver '12, was very good to the College over the years and served as a trustee for three decades, then as an emeritus trustee until his death in 1976, he was not, at any time, royalty.

Weaver grew up poor in Kenton, Ohio, working as a janitor, bellboy, and waiter at his parents' hotel. He played football and baseball as a student, and ran a fraternity jewelry business and photography agency. He was a Delta Tau Delta member, Collegian editor, and general manager of Reveille.

After graduating, he made millions as a pioneer in the porcelain enamel industry with his Ferro Enamel Corporation of Cleveland. (Thus, the roof tiles.)

And although his sons Robert A. Jr. '43 and Peter '50 were students, Pops built the 2,039-square-foot cottage just north of McBride in 1936 when it wasn't part of campus, or north of McBride for that matter.

It was a family getaway left to the College in Weaver's will and can now be used by any student, professor, or staff member for an event. There are no coronations in its history.