COLLECTION NAME:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwa_wmup_u-10072
Filename:
exwa_wmup_u-10072.tif
Title:
Administration Building with additions in winter, East Hall, Western Michigan University
Creator:
Arnold, Ernest W.
Date:
approximately 1915
Description:
Photograph featuring the Administration Building with the Gymnasium and Training School additions on the top of Prospect Hill. In the foreground are the tennis courts. Photograph taken from Davis Street. To the far right is the Trolley, a two-track cable car built in 1908. Designed by Battle Creek architect, Ernest W. Arnold, the Administration Building was completed and occupied in 1905. The Gymnasium was added in 1908 and the Training School in 1909. They were later known as East Hall. The Trolley (or Normal Railroad) remained in use until 1949.
Building:
Western Michigan University. Administration Building
Subject:
Western Michigan University--Buildings
Subject:
Historic buildings--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Universities and colleges--Michigan--Kalamazoo--History
Subject:
Western State Normal School
Subject:
porticoes
Location:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period:
1910 - 1920
Source:
3.5 x 5.5 in. black-and-white print WMU Photograph Collection, U-10072
Collection:
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Digital Date:
2021
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
In Copyright
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Type:
Image
File Format:
image/tiff
Box Barcode:
Box 49, Barcode: 31141021784504
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
