1The Founding of the University of Guelph 2The Portico 3Johnston Hall 4Drew Hall 5Creelman Hall 6Mills Hall 7President's House 8Watson Hall 9Macdonald Institute 10Hoodless Garden 11Macdonald Institute 12War Memorial Hall 13Ontario Veterinary College 14Dairy Building/Food Science 15Reynolds Building 16Maclachlan 17Massey Hall 18McLaughlin Library 19MacKinnon Building 20Day Hall 21The Bull Ring 22Raithby House 23Zavitz Hall 24MacNaughton Building 25Hutt Building 26Rutherford Conservatory and Gardens 27Graham Hall

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The Founding of the University of Guelph

On October 1, 1873, the Ontario government purchased 550 acres of land near Guelph to establish a school of agriculture. The move followed several years of debate over suitable sites for an agricultural school and the role it would play in advancing the province's primary industry...

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1.The Founding of the University of Guelph

Take a moment to go back in time to October 1, 1873, when the Government of Ontario purchased 550 acres of land from F. W. Stone near Guelph, for the purpose of establishing a School of Agriculture. Fast forward to 1964, when the three founding colleges (Ontario Agricultural College, Ontario Veterinary College and Macdonald Institute) were combined to become the University of Guelph and Wellington College, with faculties of arts, social science and physical and biological science was added as the fourth college.