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- Exterior of William McCracken Hall at the time of construction in 1949. It was used as a chemistry facility. The first building on West Campus, McCracken Hall was named after well-known faculty member, William McCracken, head of the chemstry department from 1907-1939. A Paper Industries Laboratory was added to McCracken Hall in 1959 to support the nation's second Paper Technology program. One wing was torn down in 2017. The building was demolished in 2019.
- Date Created:
- 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Photograph looking North toward the flag pole in front of the Library building of Western State Normal School, Kalamzoo, Michigan. The Library (later named North Hall) was built in 1924.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Exterior of the Manual Arts Building with car parked in front of the building. It was later renamed the Brink Building in 1921.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- 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
- Notes:
- Photograph of the recently finished Science Building on East Campus of Western State Normal School. In the background is the Heating Plant smokestack. Designed by architect E. W. Arnold, the Science Building (later renamed West Hall) was finished in the Spring of 1915. For more than 30 years it housed all the natural and physical sciences.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Photograph of Western State Normal School on Prospect Hill. View features the portico and flag on the top of the cupola. Handwritten label on lower edge reads: “Western Michigan Normal School Kalamazoo Mich.”
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- View of the Administration Building with the Gymnasium addition on the top of Prospect Hill. Stairway leads from Davis Street to the front of the Administration Building. The Administration Building was completed in 1905. The Gymnasium was the first of two wings added to the Administration building starting in 1908.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Photograph featuring the porticoes of Administration Building with Gym and Training School additions (East Hall) in winter. The Training School most prominent. The Administration Building was completed in 1905. The Gymnasium and Training School additions were completed in 1908 and 1909 respectively.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Photograph of three unknown people standing in a snowy yard on East Campus of Western State Normal School, Kalamazoo, Michigan. View is from the south end of West Hall looking northeast toward East Hall (background).
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Front of Administration Building and Training School featuring porticoes and freestanding iconic columns. View looking South. Designed by Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed in 1905. Later the Training School, one of two wings, was added in 1909. Together with the Administration Building and Gym addition, they were known as the Education Building and by 1967 as East Hall.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
