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- | ======Munson Hall====== | ||
- | **Constructed**: 1898 | ||
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- | **Architect**: Emory A. Ellsworth, Holyoke, Mass. | ||
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- | ===== Design and Construction ===== | ||
- | <html><div style="float:right; padding-left:20px; padding-bottom:15px;"><a href="http://www.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0003363.png"><img src="http://www.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0003363.png" alt="Munson Hall" style="width:220px; border:1px solid #333;" /></a> | ||
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- | A two-story building in brick, with wood and brownstone trim, Munson Hall was originally built as a veterinary laboratory under the guidance of James B. Paige, for whom it was originally named. The features of the building defy simple categorization, but include a porch with classical columns and heavy entablature molding under the roof. The paired semi-circular bays and hipped roof with a central dormer contribute to the symmetry of the building. In later years, Munson Hall has housed the University's Communications and Marketing Division, including the //Campus Chronicle//, News Office, Publications, and //UMass Magazine//. | ||
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- | ===== Naming of the building===== | ||
- | In 1951, when a new veterinary pathology building was completed, what was then called [[buildings:p:paige|Paige Laboratory]] became the Center for Extension Service and was renamed in honor of Willard A. Munson, director of the Extension Service from 1926 to 1950. | ||
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- | ==== Source ==== | ||
- | * From //Three Architectural Tours: Selected Buildings on the Campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst// (Amherst, 2000) | ||
- | * For additional information, consult the University Archives (RG 36/101). |