Administration Building with additions in winter, East Hall, Western Michigan University

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Notes:

Photograph featuring the Administration Building with the Gymnasium and Training School additions on the top of Prospect Hill. In the foreground are the tennis courts. Photograph taken from Davis Street. To the far right is the Trolley, a two-track cable car built in 1908. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. The Gymnasium was added in 1908 and the Training School in 1909. They were later known as East Hall. The Trolley (or Normal Railroad) remained in use until 1949.

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Collection:

Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection

Place:

Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Subject Topic:

Western Michigan University. Administration Building, Western Michigan University--Buildings, Historic buildings--Michigan--Kalamazoo, Universities and colleges--Michigan--Kalamazoo--History, Western State Normal School, and porticoes

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This material is protected by copyright. Copyright held by Western Michigan University, all rights reserved. For additional information, please contact the Western Michigan University Archives, Kalamazoo, MI 49008.

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https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/wmich~3~3~640~161830