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-======Munson Hall======
-**Constructed**: 1898
-**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>
-<br /><a href="http://www.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004844.png"><img src="http://www.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004844.png" alt="Munson Hall" style="width:220px; border:1px solid #333;" /></a>
-<br /><a href="http://www.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004843.png"><img src="http://www.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004843.png" alt="Munson Hall" style="width:220px; border:1px solid #333;" /></a></div></html>
-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//.
-===== 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).