McCracken Hall, front entrace, Western State Teachers College

McCracken Hall, front entrace, Western State Teachers College

Description:

Front entrance 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.

Collection: Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Type: still image