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Men's Hall

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Built
  
1935

Opened
  
1935

Added to NRHP
  
5 February 1990

NRHP Reference #
  
89002309

Area
  
3,200 m²

Men's Hall

Location
  
Prospect and High Sts., Morgantown, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

MPS
  
West Virginia University MPS

Similar
  
Boreman Hall, Stalnaker Hall, Elizabeth Moore Hall, Oglebay Hall, Purinton House

Men's Hall, also known as Boreman Hall South, is a historic dormitory associated with the West Virginia University and located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1935, and is a five-story, "E"-shaped red brick building with Classical Revival detailing. It sits on a reinforced concrete foundation and has a slate covered gable roof. When documented in 1989, it housed 350 students in 329 rooms. It was the first dormitory built for men on campus. Its construction was funded in part by the Works Progress Administration. During World War II, it was used as an Air Force barracks.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

Men's Hall Wikipedia