The Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall, often referred to as "Jordan Hall", is a historic building on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is one of the original buildings of the campus, along with Atherton Union and Hinkle Fieldhouse. It was designed by architect Robert Frost Daggett and built in 1928. A four-story, Collegiate Gothic style building, it is a reinforced concrete structure with bearing walls of pink granite with limestone trim.[2]
Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall | |
 The east side of Jordan Hall | |
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| Location | 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°50′19″N 86°10′20″W / 39.83861°N 86.17222°W |
| Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Daggett, Robert Frost; Joshua L. Fatout; K. Moses |
| Architectural style | English Collegiate Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000134[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1983 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June, 1983.[1]
Use
editJordan Hall houses the offices of the President of the University, provost, and the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The majority of the courses of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Butler are in Jordan Hall.
Gallery
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Eastern front of Jordan Hall
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Close-up of the script
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The south side of Jordan Hall
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Thomas McClanahan (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs
External links
edit- Media related to Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall at Wikimedia Commons
