Built 1935 Opened 1935 Added to NRHP 4 September 1992 | NRHP Reference # 92001105 Area 1 ha | |
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Location Campus Dr., Fayetteville, Arkansas Architect John Milner Associates, Inc. Architectural style Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Other, Georgian Revival MPS Public Schools in the Ozarks MPS Similar University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas, Chi Omega Greek Theatre, University of Arkansas, Arkansas Union | ||
Vol walker hall demolition
Vol Walker Hall (earlier Vol Walker Library) is a building on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It contains the Fay Jones School of Architecture. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Contents
- Vol walker hall demolition
- Map of Vol Walker Hall Fayetteville AR 72701 USA
- Vol walker hall construction time lapse january may 2012 university of arkansas
- Eponym
- History
- Expansion
- References
Map of Vol Walker Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Vol walker hall construction time lapse january may 2012 university of arkansas
Eponym
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees changed the name to honor James Volney "Vol" Walker in the spring of 1934. An 1877 University of Arkansas alumnus, respected lawyer, and member of the Arkansas legislature, Walker was instrumental in keeping the University in Fayetteville despite efforts to move it.
History
Vol Walker Hall was born when University President John C. Futrall decided to utilized Public Works Administration funds available to the University of Arkansas to build a new library. Planning for the new library (and also a new science building) began in March 1931. A similar library at the University of Rochester was used as a blueprint, and eventually Futrall brought in the original designers of the Rochester library, Gordon and Kaehler.
The hall contained the University library from 1935 until 1968, when it was supplanted by Mullins Library. It was at this time that the name was changed to Vol Walker Hall.
Expansion
A three-year renovation and expansion of Walker Hall was completed in 2014, culminating in the new Steven L. Anderson Design Center being attached to the historic structure. The design center added 37,000 square feet (3,400 m2) of studio, faculty, and classroom space and allows the Fay Jones School of Architecture to be entirely housed under one roof for the first time. Designed by the School of Architecture's Distinguished Professor Marlon Blackwell, the expansion has received several awards in the architecture community, including the 2014 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gulf States Honor Award and Architects Newspaper's Building of the Year.