Chapman Hall
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Chapman Hall is an academic building located on the University of Oregon campus. It was designed by Ellis F. Lawrence and was built in the late 1930s. It is made of concrete and brick. Today, it houses the Robert D. Clark Honors College.
Early history
[edit]Design for the building commenced in 1937 by the architectural firm Lawrence, Holford and Allyn. The chief designer was Ellis F. Lawrence, the chief architect for the University from 1914 to 1946. Construction began in December 1938 and was completed less than a year later in October 1939. The building was named after Charles H. Chapman, the second president of the University. The building was financed by both the Student Union and the Works Progress Administration.[1] Chapman Hall is located on the northeast corner of the Memorial Quad of the University of Oregon campus, the sixth and last building to be built on that quad. Its sister building is Condon Hall, which is located across the quad from Chapman Hall. Chapman Hall was designed to bring the social sciences into the Memorial Quad.[2] It originally housed the English department on the second floor. Home Economics was on the third and the first UO Bookstore, a student cooperative at the time, was on the first floor. The place of the bookstore is marked by a paved area and benches on the south side of the building. The bookstore was housed there from 1939 until 1966.
Construction
[edit]The building is rectangular in plan. The main elevation is on the West side of the building. Construction of the building is concrete with a brick façade. There are steel windows. The facing of the building is done in terra cotta and brick. The style of the building is Mediterranean and is in keeping with many of the Lawrence buildings on the University of Oregon campus. The building has undergone some structural changes over time. In 1966, the façade was altered to change the north door into a window. In 1981 partitions were added to the third floor to make room for offices. Chapman Hall was the first fireproof building to be constructed at the University of Oregon.[3] It would become the standard for the rest of the campus construction. Most of the interior of the building is still intact, including woodwork and a fireplace with ceramic tiles.[4] In 1942, a Works Progress Administration mural in the New Deal Social Realist style was added to room 223 by E. R. Scott as his thesis work.[5] It depicts some famous figures such as Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson. The building has decorative elements of red and white terra cotta tiles, Roman arches, basket weave brick pattern below the windows. Chapman Hall would be the last use of terra cotta at the University of Oregon.
Current use
[edit]Since the 1980s, Chapman Hall has housed the Clark Honors College.
References
[edit]- ^ Clark Honors College. “Chapman Hall Renovation” Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, University of Oregon. [accessed November 26, 2013]
- ^ Shellenbarger, Michael, and Kimberly Lakin. Ellis Lawrence Building Survey. Salem, Or.: [State Historic Preservation Office, 1989] 31
- ^ Shellenbarger and Lakin, 30
- ^ Shellenbarger and Lakin. 31.
- ^ Lingo Shawn, Jeremy Mauro, Susan Johnson, and University Planning Office. Historic Survey Resource Form. [University of Oregon, 2006] http://oregondigital.org/u?/archpnw,5432
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