List of buildings at Marshall University

Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia is home to many notable structures, including two residential high-rises.

1 Timeline
2 Notes
3 References
4 See also

Timeline

Building	Campus	Floors	Year completed/projected	Status
"1839 Building"^[1](no official name)	Central	3	1839 (chapel added 1856; third story added 1867)	Demolished 1898
Old Main (no official name prior to 1937)^[2]	Central	3 + basement	1870 (as an addition to 1839 Building)	Completed; extensions added 1896 (separate until 1899), 1898 ("College Hall", later Ladies Hall), 1899, and 1907
Northcott Hall	Central	3	1916	Demolished 1996
Physical Education Building (later called "Women's Gymnasium")	Central	1	1921	Demolished 1983
Music Annex (1926–1967)^[3]	Central	2		Demolished early 1970s; originally a store
Fairfield Stadium	East		1928	Field paved over 1998; stadium demolished 2004^[4]
James E. Morrow Library	Central	Stacks 7 floors; main building 3 + basement	1930; wraparound extensions added 1967	Completed
Shawkey Student Union	Central	1	1933	Demolished 1972
Hodges Hall	Central	2	1937	Completed; scheduled for demolition, 2008^[5]
Laidley Hall	Central	2	1937; expanded 1969	Completed
Jenkins Hall (originally Jenkins Laboratory School)	Central	2	1938	Completed
Marshall Community and Technical College (Dining Hall, 1942–1975; Marshall University Community College 1975-1991)	Central	2	1942	Completed
Old Main Annex	Central	2	1947	Demolished 1967^[6]
Science Hall	Central	4	1950; extensions completed 1985 and 1995	Completed
Prichard Hall	Central	4	1955	Completed
Jenkins Laboratory School Annex	Central	1	1950s	Demolished
Campus Christian Center	Central	1	1961	Completed
Gullickson Hall	East	3	1961	Completed
Holderby Hall (South Hall, 1963–80)	Central	8 (originally 4)	1963; floors added 1969	Completed
Buskirk Hall (West Hall, 1965–76)	Central	6 + Basement	1965	Completed
Sorrell Maintenance Building	East	1	1965	Completed
Smith Hall	Central	8 + basement	1967	Completed
Smith Music Hall	Central	2	1967	Completed
Twin Towers	Central	two 15-story towers	1969	Completed
Communication Building	Central	2	1970	Completed
Memorial Student Center	Central	2 + basement	1971 ^[7]	Completed
Harris Hall	Central	4	1976	Completed
Doctors Memorial Building^[8] (former C&O railway hospital; also known as Marshall University Hospital at time of closure and demolition. See note below for history since 1890)	South	4	1870 (formerly residence of first Huntington mayor Peter Cline Buffington 1870-1890^[9], King's Daughters house 1890-1899, Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital Association hospital 1900-1971)^[10]	Demolished in 2001^[11]^[12]; became part of Marshall in 1977, vacated 1998
Corbly Hall	Central	4	1980	Completed
Catholic Newman Center	South	1	1981	Completed
Cam Henderson Center	East		1981	Completed
Erickson Alumni Center	South	2		Demolished 2010; became part of Marshall in 1990 (formerly Kincaid-Mann Mortuary)^[13]
Joan C. Edwards Stadium	East		1991	Completed
Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center	South	2	1992; Jomie Jazz Center added 2000	Completed
Myers Hall	South	1	1992	Completed
One Room School Museum (a.k.a. One Room Schoolhouse, Punkin Center School)	Central	1	1889	Completed near Glenwood; moved onto current location 1995^[14]
Welcome Center	South	1	1995	Completed
Cabell Hall	South	3		Completed; became part of Marshall 1998 (formerly 20th Street United Methodist Church)^[15]
Marshall University Medical Center	South	4	1998	Completed
John Deaver Drinko Library	Central	4	1998	Completed
Gibson Building (Marshall Commons)	South	4	2003	Completed
Harless Cafe (Marshall Commons)	South	1	2003	Completed
Haymaker Building (Marshall Commons)	South	4	2003	Completed
Wellman Building (Marshall Commons)	South	4	2003	Completed
Willis Building (Marshall Commons)	South	4	2003	Completed
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center	North	4	2007	Completed
Clinical Education & Outreach Center	South	4	2007	Nearing Completion^[16]
Health and Wellness Center dormitories	Central	Two buildings (number of floors not yet announced)	August 2008 (projected)	Construction to start summer 2007.^[17]
Health and Wellness Center	Central	3	January 2009 (projected)	Construction to start in summer 2007.^[18]
Marshall University Forensic Science Center	South	3	1997–Present	The Forensic Science Center is the renovated former football locker room of the old Fairfield Stadium that was used until the completion of Joan C. Edwards stadium in 1991. A lone locker with a football jersey, football helmet, and a plaque commemorating the 1970 football team can be found on display in the lobby of the DNA Forensic laboratory.
Engineering laboratory	North	1	Fall 2008 (projected) ^[19]	Construction to start in fall ^[19]

Notes

Holderby Hall was originally named South Hall and was only four stories ^[20]. Constructed in the 1960s, it was expanded and renamed.
Prichard Hall was originally a female dormitory for freshmen. It is now an administration building ^[21].
The original C&O hospital building was originally the residence of the first mayor of Huntington, Peter Cline Buffington, until its purchase by the Catholic sisterhood King's Daughters in 1890. King's Daughters sold it to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in 1899, which began operating a hospital from the house the following year (the C & O Hospital began accepting patients July 1900). In 1920, a four-story brick annex was built; the Buffington residence was demolished. Subsequent additions were made in 1930, 1942, 1959, and 1984. In 1971, the C&O Hospital was renamed Doctors Memorial Hospital to honor the physicians killed in the 1970 plane crash. In 1977, the West Virginia Board of Regents bought the building to house the newly-formed Marshall University School of Medicine, which was based there until 1998. It was demolished in 2001.^[22]

The Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center was completed in the fall of 1992 ^[23]. Planning for the new center began in the late-1980s. During the late-1980s and early 1990s, $13 million was raised from the alumni, faculty, staff, students and adjoining community. Joan C. Edwards had donated one million dollars towards the facility.
The Welcome Center was constructed in 1995 and is open 24-hours. It serves as a nucleus for information and security, providing "registration, admissions and public safety services." ^[24]
The $29 million John Deaver Drinko Library was completed in 1998 ^[25]. It currently holds more than 200,000 volumes. Construction began in 1995 with the demolition of Northcott Hall, the second oldest structure on campus. The western facade resembles the former structure it replaced.
Upon completion of the new dormitories near the Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Hodges Hall, constructed in 1937, will be demolished ^[26]; the closing and demolition of Laidley Hall are also in the long-range plans.
Proposed and pending funding are a new Erickson Alumni Center,^[27] Visual Arts Center,^[28] a fine arts building, and an additional building for the Community and Technical College.^[29]^[30]

References

^ Description of 1839 Building, from Marshall University Virtual Museum
^ Old Main Chronology from Marshall University Virtual Museum
^ Picture of Music Department Building (1926-1967)
^ Fairfield Stadium timeline (Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
^ MU expansion on schedule - from Huntington Herald-Dispatch
^ James E. Casto, Marshall University, ISBN 0738541907, via Google books
^ "Tragedy, Protests and New Horizons." Marshall University. 1997. 20 Dec. 2006 [1].
^ Picture of School of Medicine building
^ "Doctors Memorial Building Will be Gone by Middle of the Month" - Parthenon article, September 6, 2001, showing origin of building - and scheduled end
^ Listing of 1995 Accessions, Marshall University Library Special Collections - shows entry of papers from 1897-1979
^ Draft of consent order, Ohio EPA v. Marshall (2003)
^ Ohio EPA news release (August 3, 2003) (announcement of settlement of illegal dumping case in demolition of Marshall School of Medicine Building)
^ Erickson Alumni Center Society page
^ Inscription from West Virginia highway marker erected by the West Virginia Memory Project, West Virginia Division of Culture and History
^ [ www.marshall.edu/yearbook/tim/cabell.html Description of Cabell Hall], from Marshall University yearbook
^ Facilities and Affiliates: Marshall University Joan E. Edwards School of Medicine
^ "MU expansion on schedule". Herald-Dispatch.
^ "Here today, gone in May". =The Parthenon. http://media.www.marshallparthenon.com/media/storage/paper534/news/2007/01/30/News/Here-Today.Gone.In.May-2684865.shtml?sourcedomain=www.marshallparthenon.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com.
^ ^a ^b McElroy, Justin (2007-04-21). "Marshall unveils new engineering lab". Herald Dispatch. http://www.heralddispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070421/NEWS01/704210340. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
^ "A University at Last." Marshall University. 1997. 20 Dec. 2006 [2].
^ "Toward Becoming a University." Marshall University. 1997. 20 Dec. 2006 [3].
^ "Farewell to a Century of History" - Parthenon article, September 21, 2001
^ "Reaching Out - Maturing." Marshall University. 1997. 20 Dec. 2006 [4].
^ "Reaching Out - Maturing." Marshall University. 1997. 20 Dec. 2006 [5].
^ "Reaching Out - Maturing." Marshall University. 1997. 20 Dec. 2006 [6].
^ McElroy, Justin. "MU expansion on schedule." Herald-Dispatch [Huntington] 12 Feb. 2007. 12 Feb. 2007 [7].
^ Fundraising announcement for new Erickson Alumni Center
^ Marshall University Vision 2020 Report
^ News report on new Marshall Community and Technical College
^ 2003 Marshall University Land Use Plan

List of buildings at Marshall University

Contents

Timeline

Notes

References

See also