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- Aerial photograph of Western State Normal School on Prospect Hill and the surrounding neighborhood in 1915. View features the original Administration building with the classroom and gymnasium addition, the Training School, the Science Building, and the “Horseshoe” sidewalk. Tennis courts in the mid-ground. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. By 1909 two wings were added: the Training School and the Gymnasium, both featuring columned porticos and lit cupolas. Together these were later renamed East Hall. The photograph appeared in the Brown & Gold 1922 yearbook.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- Front view of the Administration Building and part of the Training School, Western State Normal School. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. Two wings the Training School and the Gymnasium, were added in 1909 and later were renamed East Hall.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- Administration Building and the Gymnasium addition, dedicated in 1908 on East Campus of Western State Normal School. View features the stairway up Normal Hill (later Prospect Hill) from Davis Street, and the building’s portico, columns and ballustrate. The Administration Building was WMU's first building, opening in 1905 and the renovated core is known today as Heritage Hall. It was also known as the Education Building and by 1967 as East Hall.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- View of Western State Normal School on the top of Prospect Hill in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The view includes the Training School, the Administration Building with attached gymnasium and annex, and the Library building. The photograph appeared in the 1929 Brown and Gold yearbook.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- View of Western State Normal School on Prospect Hill from Davis Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. Two wings the Training School and the Gymnasium, were added in 1909 and later were renamed East Hall.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
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- View of the Administration Building and Training School main entrances from the bottom of Prospect Hill facing northwest. View of main entrances features the portico, columns, and balustrade in Georgian Revival style. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, East Hall was WMU's first building (erected when it was still Western State Normal School) and used until the 1950s. It was also known as the Education Building and by 1967 as East Hall.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Photograph of the original Administration Building and Gymnasium addition. Caption reads: “Kalamazoo Mich. Western State Normal School view from Terrace.” The Administration Building was occupied in 1905. Later, the Gymnasium was the first of two wing additions and was completed in 1908. Together, the buildings were later known as Education Building, East Hall, and Heritage Hall.
- Date Created:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection