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Vol Walker Hall (earlier Vol Walker Library) is a building on the
A two-year renovation and expansion of Vol Walker Hall was completed in 2013, culminating in the new Steven L. Anderson Design Center being attached to the historic structure. The design center added of studio, faculty, and classroom space and allows the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design to be entirely housed under one roof for the first time. Designed by the School of Architecture's Distinguished Professor Marlon Blackwell, the expansion has received several awards in the architecture community, including a 2018
University of Arkansas
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University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It is the Flagship campus, flagship campus of the University of Arkan ...
campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas
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. It contains the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1992.
Eponym
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees changed the name to honor James Volney "Vol" Walker in the spring of 1934. An 1877 University of Arkansas alumnus, respected lawyer, and member of the Arkansas legislature, Walker was instrumental in keeping the University in Fayetteville despite efforts to move it.History
Vol Walker Hall was born when University President John C. Futrall decided to utilizePublic Works Administration
The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was ...
funds available to the University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It is the Flagship campus, flagship campus of the University of Arkan ...
to build a new library. Planning for the new library (and also a new science building) began in March 1931. A similar library at the University of Rochester
The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...
was used as a blueprint, and eventually Futrall brought in the original designers of the Rochester library, Gordon and Kaehler.
The hall contained the University library from 1935 until 1968, when it was supplanted by Mullins Library. It was at this time that the name was changed to Vol Walker Hall.
Expansion
A two-year renovation and expansion of Vol Walker Hall was completed in 2013, culminating in the new Steven L. Anderson Design Center being attached to the historic structure. The design center added of studio, faculty, and classroom space and allows the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design to be entirely housed under one roof for the first time. Designed by the School of Architecture's Distinguished Professor Marlon Blackwell, the expansion has received several awards in the architecture community, including a 2018 American Institute of Architects
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Honor Award for Architecture, a 2014 American Institute of Architects
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(AIA) Gulf States Honor Award and ''Architects Newspaper's'' Building of the Year.
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, ArkansasReferences
External links
University of Arkansas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Old Main (University Of Arkansas) University of Arkansas buildings and structures University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas School buildings completed in 1935 Public Works Administration in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Fayetteville, Arkansas University and college buildings completed in 1935 1935 establishments in Arkansas