Spooner Hall, Fourteenth Street & Jayhawk Road, Lawrence, Douglas County, KS
Summary
1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place
Significance: Spooner Hall was financed by William B. Spooner, a Boston merchant, with a bequest of $91,000. In 1893, "Van Brunt & Howe Architects" of Kansas City were commissioned to design the building as the first university library. It was dedicated on October 10, 1894. It served as the library until 1924. Since then it has housed the Thayer Art Collection until 1979 and is now the Museum of Anthropology.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N208
Survey number: HABS KS-65-A
Building/structure dates: 1891- 1894 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work
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Tags
libraries
galleries and museums
stone buildings
reading
education
anthropology
lawrence
spooner
spooner hall
fourteenth
fourteenth street
jayhawk
jayhawk road
douglas
douglas county
kansas
kurt m broeckelmann
kurt a brunner
scott e capstack
jose l fernandez
david haase divine
steve harrington
historic american buildings survey
historic mt oread fund
eric marko
barry newton
james raymond
todd renyer
kristin m rosebrough
edward schmitz
william b spooner
christopher spurgin
school of architecture and urban design university of kansas
van brunt and howe architects
henry van brunt
mark vetter
keri j winslow
eric j zabilka
photo
historic american landscapes survey
historic american engineering record
architecture
blueprints
landscape plans
building plans
architectural diagrams
engineering diagrams
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Spooner, William B
Van Brunt, Henry
Van Brunt & Howe Architects
Newton, Barry, faculty sponsor
Haase-Divine, David, field team
Harrington, Steve, field team
Marko, Eric, field team
Renyer, Todd, field team
Schmitz, Edward, field team
Spurgin, Christopher, field team
University of Kansas, School of Architecture & Urban Design, sponsor
Historic Mt. Oread Fund, sponsor
Broeckelmann, Kurt M, delineator
Brunner, Kurt A, delineator
Capstack, Scott E, delineator
Fernandez, Jose L, delineator
Raymond, James, delineator
Rosebrough, Kristin M, delineator
Vetter, Mark, delineator
Winslow, Keri J, delineator
Zabilka, Eric J, delineator
Zabilka, Eric J, photographer
Location
Lawrence
,
38.95762, -95.24680
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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