Thompson Hall, construction, 1894
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Title
Thompson Hall , construction , 1894
Date
1894
Description
A photograph looking west during the construction of Thompson Hall , WSU building #1 . The roof is incomplete , as are the windows . A wooden bridge leads to the upper floor . Dirt and construction debris are visible . Thompson Hall is the oldest extant building on campus , designed by noted Seattle architect , James Stephen and his Chicago trained partner , Timotheus Josenhans . It is prominently sited and immediately identifiable by its two large towers , one truncated and one with conical roof . The romantic Victorian Romanesque character of the building is further enhanced by rich variety of windows and entryways and the use of rock-faced granite (quarried near Spokane) for its contrasting trim . It formally opened January 1 , 1895 at a cost of $50,000 .
Subject
Buildings -- Washington State University -- History ; Building construction -- Washington (State) -- Pullman
Location depicted
North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Whitman county--Pullman
Type
Image
Genre
Progress photographs ; Photographic prints
Source
Is found in PC 149 , MASC Negative Files https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc149.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Holding Institution
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Neg. number / Identifier
pc149b4n83-049
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright . Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923 .
Digitization
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL or Agfa Arcus II scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries.
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