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Western State Normal School, East Hall, Western Michigan University, bounded by Stadium, Oliver and Davis streets, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI
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Western State Normal School, East Hall, Western Michigan University, bounded by Stadium, Oliver and Davis streets, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI
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Western State Normal School, East Hall, Western Michigan University, bounded by Stadium, Oliver and Davis streets, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI
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Western State Normal School, North Hall, Western Michigan University, bounded by Stadium, Oliver and Davis streets, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI
Western State Normal School, North Hall, Western Michigan University, bounded by Stadium, Oliver and Davis streets, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI
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Western State Normal School, East Hall, Western Michigan University, bounded by Stadium, Oliver and Davis streets, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI
Summary
Significance: East Hall is the first educational building constructed for Michigan's Western State Normal School (the present-day Western Michigan University). The building was site and landscaped by the nationally renowned Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts. Significant in the fields of education, architecture, and landscape architecture, East Hall, along with the nearby West Hall, are the only remaining examples of the work of Battle Creek architect E.W. Arnold in Michigan. During World War I, the school became one of the nation's leading teacher colleges. East Hall served as the school's primary general classroom/office building until the 1940s when the campus began expansion on a new campus to the west.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2050
Survey number: HABS MI-448-A
Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1947 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1909 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 90001230