Chapin Hall
Scope and Contents
These records relate to the original Chapin Hall. Another building also named Chapin Hall (Central Hall, dormitory, dining hall) has since been built, and there is one folder of records pertaining to it in the Miscellaneous Buildings series.
Dates
- Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Biographical / Historical
Ground Broken: February 1891
Opening: September 8, 1891
Architect: Professor A.W. Burr
Cost: $27,000
Named: for the first president, Aaron Lucius Chapin (1850-1886)
Renovated:
WWI: annex built
1920: porch added
1935: redecoration, rewiring, installation of showers
1955: parlor enlarged
Uses: residence hall, Y.M.C.A. headquarters in 1901, Army infirmary in the fall of 1918, faculty women's club in 1923
Razed: 1965
Extent
From the Collection: 27 Linear Feet ((38 boxes; 5 file cabinet drawers; oversized materials); further additions are expected)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Beloit College Archives and Special Collections, Beloit, WI Repository