The Best-Laid Plans: Building on the Hill
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Adapted with permission from Echo (www.wku.edu/echo), September 2005.
Abstract
Since Western purchased its present campus in 1909, building on the Hill has reflected the visions--some realized, many unrealized--of its presidents and architects. The construction of Van Meter Hall, a water tower, a proposed memorial tower and a comprehensive 1930s campus plan attest to the trials and tribulations of making the Hill a beautiful and functional place.
Suggested Citation
Lynn E. Niedermeier. "The Best-Laid Plans: Building on the Hill" University Archives WKU History (2007).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lynn_niedermeier/4
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Targeted for completion in May 1910, Van Meter Hall was clearly behind schedule when this photo was taken on June 23.
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President Henry Hardin Cherry introduced two designs, in 1923 (left) and 1930 (right), for a memorial clock tower to crown the Hill.
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Henry Wright's 1931 campus plan imagined groups of dormitory and academic buildings extending southward from the Hill.
Targeted for completion in May 1910, Van Meter Hall was clearly behind schedule when this photo was taken on June 23.
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President Henry Hardin Cherry introduced two designs, in 1923 (left) and 1930 (right), for a memorial clock tower to crown the Hill.
wright_plan.jpg (238 kB)
Henry Wright's 1931 campus plan imagined groups of dormitory and academic buildings extending southward from the Hill.