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   from the issue of January 26, 2006

     
 
FROM THE ARCHIVES

University Hall

 

 

University Hall, the first building on campus, is pictured in a stereograph card by Copelin & Melander, a Chicago-based photography studio.

The stereograph image was included in the series, "Stereoscopic views of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad," - a railroad line that reached Lincoln in 1870 and extended to Kearney by 1872.

Placed in a steroscope - a specialized viewer for the stereograph cards, similar to a Viewmaster toy used by children today - the dual-images appear as one, three-dimensional photograph. This technique dates to the 1830s and became popular in the 1850s. Until photograph reproduction techniques for newspapers and books were developed late in the 19th century, stereographs served as the public's major source of photographic images of the world.

University Hall was constructed between 1869-1870 along 11th Street, costing $128,400. The hall opened in 1871 with six faculty providing instruction to 20 students.

University Hall was hampered by faulty construction. Use of the hall was extended by removing the porch and all but one floor. Still, the building was in constant use until it was razed in October 1948 and replaced by Ferguson Hall.

A plaque on the north steps of Ferguson Hall commemorates University Hall. The original bell from University Hall is on display in the Wick Alumni Center garden.



Future File - Legislation in 1893 appointed this faculty member Nebraska's first state geologist. "From the Archives" will feature this individual, who has also been called the "father of Nebraska paleontology" in the Feb. 2 edition of the Scarlet.



From the Archives is a regular Scarlet feature depicting images from the university's past. This week's image was provided by the University Libraries. To suggest or contribute a feature, call 472-8515.



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