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Alumnae Hall was the second building to be built on The Western Female Seminary’s campus, and was completed in 1892. The building was constructed from funds donated by Olivia Meily Brice (Mrs. Calvin S. Brice), class of 1866, and other alumnae, trustees, and friends of the college. The architecture style of the building was Romanesque Revival. The building remained in use as a library until 1970 when Hoyt Hall opened. Between 1972-1974 it was used as a student center. It was torn down in 1977. ==History == The building originally housed a library, classrooms, laboratories, and offices for the departments of English, classics, history, political and social sciences, philosophy, religion, and art. On the second floor Alumnae Hall there was an art gallery that would contain either the college’s collections, or a traveling art exhibition.〔 The library once held 49,000 volumes, and the public was invited to use and visit the library. They worked under an open-shelf system, which means that most of the library’s collection is open and freely accessible. The books were housed in fire-resistant rooms.〔 Sometime after 1871 (the year Peabody Hall was built) there was a report submitted looking for financial assistance for various buildings on Western College’s campus. The report stated that Alumnae Hall no longer has sufficient laboratory equipment, or the space for new equipment. There was also a call for an increase in the library volumes, and construction of new reading and book reserve rooms. Because at the time an addition was being considered for Peabody Hall, it was proposed to move both the laboratory and library facilities from Alumnae to Peabody with Peabody’s next extension. Alumnae Hall housed the Western library collection up until 1970 - the year Hoyt Hall was built. After that the library was relocated to Hoyt Hall. On April 7, 1972, Alumnae Hall reopened with the library quarters repurposed as a student community center. There were regular performances from students, and various games would be played within the hall. The building’s purpose was called into question in 1974 when Miami University turned it over to the Miami graduate students in art. There had been a controversy over what to do with the building because it had only housed the Rathskeller (also known as a Ratskeller), a snack bar in the basement of the building. Within the next year that Alumnae Hall was scheduled to be razed in June 1975.〔 However, Professor Richard McCommons gave a presentation to President Phillip Shriver, and was able to get a temporary reprieve on the building so he could conduct a study to investigate the architecture and determine if it was worth saving based on structural and economical liabilities.〔 Ultimately after this last postponement, Miami’s Board of Trustees instructed the administration to arrange for Alumnae Hall’s demolition. Alumnae Hall was torn down in 1977. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alumnae Hall (Miami University)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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