Richard Ross Museum of Art
Encyclopedia
The Richard M. Ross Museum of Art is located on Sandusky Street on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University
in Delaware
, Ohio
, United States
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. For several decades it housed the Fine Arts Department, and in 2002 the building was renovated to house the new museum.
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college in Delaware, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1842 by Methodist leaders and Central Ohio residents as a nonsectarian institution, and is a member of the Ohio Five — a consortium of Ohio liberal arts colleges...
in Delaware
Delaware, Ohio
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, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, United States
United States
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Architectural history
The building housing the museum was designed in a Richardsonian style in the early twentieth century. It was acquired by the University in 1969, prior to which it served as a post officePost office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
. For several decades it housed the Fine Arts Department, and in 2002 the building was renovated to house the new museum.