Gearhart Hall at the
University of Arkansas is a building on the university's
campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like se ...
in
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Fayetteville () is the second-largest city in Arkansas, the county seat of Washington County, and the biggest city in Northwest Arkansas. The city is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains, deep within the Ozarks. Known as Washington until ...
. The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
["Ozark Hall." University of Arkansas]
Profile.
Retrieved June 5, 2010.
History
Gearhart Hall was built in 1935 as "Classroom Building" with two other structures: the
Home Economics Building and the old
Student Union
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. Using
Indiana Limestone, the building was finished in 1940 by the Manhattan Construction Company of
Muskogee, OK. It initially held faculty only. The Commerce Building was finished in 1947, and the two buildings were connected. It was at this time that the structure was named the Business Administration Building. Five other departments were also housed in this building until the namesake moved out in 1978 to a new Business Building on Ozark Avenue. It was then renamed Ozark Hall, which it remained named until 2015. In 1987, the Commerce Building-portion was razed. The building then came to house the
Graduate School, the department of geosciences, and the nursing program. In December 2015, Ozark Hall was renamed Gearhart Hall to honor G. David Gearhart, the fifth and former chancellor of the university.
Renovation project
Gearhart Hall was expanded over the approximate location of the old Commerce Building. The three-year project, designed by
Robert A.M. Stern Architects was completed in 2014.
The new wing houses the
Honors College and a few classrooms. As part of the expansion, the remaining classrooms also received restoration and updating.
See also
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Arkansas
References
External links
U of A Agriculture Building profileUniversity of Arkansas
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University of Arkansas buildings
University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
School buildings completed in 1940
National Register of Historic Places in Fayetteville, Arkansas
1940 establishments in Arkansas
University and college buildings completed in 1940