1850s

• Wilhelm Löhe sends Georg Grossmann to establish teachers seminary

1860s

• First use of the name "Wartburg," 1857

1880s

• Dedication of Old Main, 1880
• College moves from Mendota and combines with normal school in Waverly, 1885
• First use of the name "Wartburg College," 1885

1890s

• First female student, Cordella Grossmann, 1896
• First band, 1898

1900s

• First student publication: Wartburg Quarterly, 1906

1910s

• Wartburg Hall, 1913
• Grossmann Hall, 1919

1920s

• Wartburg Artist Series begins, 1920
• Little Theatre/Players Theatre (first used as gymnasium, 1920)
• Luther Hall 1925
• Coeducation introduced, 1928

1930s

• Eureka Lutheran College, Eureka, S.D., merges with St. Paul-Luther, St. Paul, Minn.
• St. Paul-Luther merges with Wartburg College in Waverly, where the college remains to the present
• Founding of the Wartburg Choir, 1937

1940s

• North Central accreditation, 1948
• Knights Gymnasium, 1949

1950s

• KWAR Radio, 1951
• Luther Hall South Wing, 1952
• First African-American students, 1952
• College celebrates centennial, 1952
• Student Union, 1955
• Liemohn Hall of Music, 1956
• Schield Stadium, 1957
• Homuth Library, 1959

1960s

• Neumann Auditorium, 1960
• Student Union Addition, 1964
• Becker Hall of Science, 1967

1970s

• Engelbrecht Library, 1972
• P.E. Center, 1978

1980s

• Whitehouse Business Center, 1984
• Old Main Renovation, 1986
• P.E. Center Wrestling/Weight Room Addition, 1987

1990s

• Fine Arts Center, 1991
• McElroy Communication Arts Center, 1991
• Wartburg Chapel, 1994
• Rada-Aleff Classroom Technology Center, 1995
• Commission Wartburg, 1999
• Vogel Library, 1999

2000s

• Knights Village, 2000
• Walston-Hoover Stadium, 2001
• Student Center, 2004
• Science Center, 2004
• Wartburg-Waverly Sports & Wellness Center, 2007

Saginaw, Michigan
1852-53

Dubuque, Iowa
1853-57

St. Sebald, Iowa
1857-68

Galena, Illinois
1868-75

Mendota, Illinois
1875-85

Clinton, Iowa
1894-1935

Marching Band, 1907

Wartburg Hall, 1913

Luther Hall, 1925

Waverly, Iowa
1879-1933
1935-present