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Vol Walker Library-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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Vol Walker Hall as viewed from Old Main.
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| Location: | Campus Dr., Fayetteville, Arkansas |
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| Built: | 1935 |
| Architect: | John Milner Associates, Inc.[2] |
| Architectural style: | Georgian |
| NRHP Reference#: | 92001105 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | September, 1992 |
Vol Walker Hall (earlier Vol Walker Library) is a building on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It contains the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and the University of Arkansas School of Architecture.[3] The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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Vol Walker Hall was born when University President John C. Futrall decided to utilized PWA funds available to the University of Arkansas to build a new library. Planning for the new library (and also a new science building) began in March 1931. A similar library at the University of Rochester was used as a blueprint, and eventually Futrall brought in the original designers of the Rochester library, Gordon and Kaehler.[4]
The hall contained the University library from 1935 until 1968, when it was supplanted by Mullins Library.[5] It was at this time that the name was changed to Vol Walker Hall.
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees changed the name to honor James Volney "Vol" Walker in spring of 1934. A 1877 University of Arkansas alumni, respected lawyer, and member of Arkansas Legislature, Walker was instrumental in keeping the University in Fayetteville despite efforts to move it.
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