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Frances M. Shealy Residence Hall (West Lafayette, Ind.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1937-

Historical Information

Frances M. Shealy Residence Hall was the second Women's Residence Hall, and was originally referred to as "North Hall" or Women's Residence Halls Unit B. The Women's Residence Halls were the first residence halls for women on Purdue's Campus. A lot of debate went in to planning this construction process and the fees associated with living in the new residence hall, as shown in the Board of Trustees Minutes. It was built in the English Tudor design and was constructed of brick and Indiana Limestone. A sculpture of a lion holding a shield in its paw sits above the front entrance. The building was renamed Frances M. Shealy Hall in 1949 and then Frances M. Shealy Residence Hall in 1969. All 5 women's residence halls were also referred to as Windsor Residence Halls on August 27,1969. Windsor was designed so that nearly every room in each hall would receive sunlight sometime during the day. A unique feature of four out of the five halls is that they line up in a straight line. If one were to open the lobby doors in Duhme, Shealy, Warren, and Vawter, you would be able to shoot an arrow in a straight line through all of them.

Citation

Frances M. Shealy Residence Hall. Purdue Campus Facilities and Buildings Historic Database. Accessed September 19, 2019. http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/campus/buildings/13

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Campus Art Survey records

 Collection — Box: Communal Collections 62, Placement: 02
Identifier: UA 142
Scope and Contents The Campus Art Survey records contain reports and inventories of the various paintings and works of art that were present on campus. The reports include the locations of the works of art at that time.
Dates: 1938 - 1958