Michigan State University campus
College Hall
Use	Classroom, office, laboratory, library, and chapel space
Style	Eclectic
Erected	1856
Demolished (If applicable)	1918 (collapse from shoddy construction)
Location	Sacred Space on main campus
Namesake	None
Architect	John Holmes
Replaced by	Beaumont Tower
Website	Beaumont Tower website

College Hall was the first building erected on the campus of the Agriculture College of the State of Michigan (now Michigan State University), and the first in the United States to be erected "for the teaching of scientific agriculture." It was built in 1856 and housed the school's classrooms, offices and laboratories, the school's library/museum, and a multifunction lecture hall/chapel. Along with Saint's Rest, and a horse barn, it was one of three buildings completed when the college opened for classes in 1857. Official University Logotype The Michigan State University Graphic Identity and Standards Manual governs the use of this official logotype. ... Categories: Stub | Education ... An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... Biochemistry laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Modern-style library In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... Eclecticism is an approach to thought that does not hold rigidly to a single paradigm or set of assumptions or conclusions, but instead draws upon multiple theories to gain complementary insights into phenomena, or applies only certain theories in particular cases. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... There are several people called John Holmes John Holmes (actor) John Holmes (British politician) John Holmes (Canadian politician) John Holmes (U.S. politician) John Holmes, poet whose work appears in the Faber Book of Modern American Verse This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Beaumont Tower is a structure on the campus of Michigan State University. ... Building is either the act of creating an object assembled from more than one element, or the object itself; see also construction. ... Michigan State University Michigan State University is a university in East Lansing, Michigan near the state capital of Lansing. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Stub | Education ... An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... Biochemistry laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Modern-style library In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ... A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... An auditorium is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. ... A chapel is a private church, usually small and often attached to a larger institution such as a college, a hospital, a palace, or a prison. ... Saints Rest was the second building erected on the campus of the Agriculture College of the State of Michigan (now Michigan State University). ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... A barn can be: A farm building for livestock and hay storage A unit of area used by nuclear physicists This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Because the Michigan state officials took the lowest construction bid possible, College Hall suffered from an extraordinary number of construction defects. These included hollow bricks, doors that wouldn't open, a leaky roof, floorboards that didn't reach the walls, and even a tree stump embedded in the foundation. These defects would ultimately prevent the building's preservation and rehabilitation. State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41. ... Bid is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. ... A weathered brick wall. ... The front door of a house is often decorated to appear inviting. ... A roof is the top covering of a building that prevents the ingress of weather into the building interior. ... A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects space. ... Historic Preservation is the theory and practice of creatively maintaining the historic built environment and controlling the landscape component of which it is an integral part. ...

By the turn of the 20th century, College Hall had outlived its usefulness, and its future was in doubt. Thus students organized a campaign to save College Hall from the wrecking ball. They convinced the college to convert the hall into a student union. The college went foward with plans to save the structurally unsound building, but it was too late. The construction weakened the shoddily built structure, and in August of 1918, the building collpsed while a marching band played the national anthem outside the building. No one was injured in the collapse. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... A massive crane is used to demolish this tower block in northern England Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. ... A students union, student government, or student council is a student organization present at many colleges and universities, often with its own building on the campus, dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A marching band performs in a parade A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement â€“ usually some type of marching â€“ with their musical performance. ... Nicholson took the copy Key gave him to a printer, where it was published as a broadside on September 17 under the title The Defence of Fort McHenry, with an explanatory note explaining the circumstances of its writing. ...

There were several proposals to replace College Hall, but in the end a clock tower was built on the northeast corner of the College Hall site. Beaumont Tower became the new architectural symbol of Michigan State College. Nevertheless, College Hall was not forgotten; to this day it is featured on the Great Seal of Michigan State University. A clock tower is a tower built with a large clock face on one or more (often all four) of its sides so as to be visible to a large number of inhabitants of an area. ... Northeast is the ordinal direction halfway between north and east. ... Beaumont Tower is a structure on the campus of Michigan State University. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

References

• Kuhn, Madison. (1955). Michigan State: The First Hundred Years, 1855-1955. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 0870132229.
• Miller, Whitney. (2002). East Lansing: Collegeville Revisited (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738520454.
• Stanford, Linda O. (2002). MSU Campus: Buildings, Places, Spaces. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press. ISBN 0870136313.

External Links

• Beaumont Tower website — features infomation on College Hall
• Gone But Not Forgotten: Campus Buildings That No Longer Exist

The Campus of Michigan State University
Beal Garden • Beaumont Tower • Breslin Center • College Hall (demolished) • Cyclotron • East Lansing • Grand River Avenue • Marshall-Adams Hall • Michigan Avenue • MSU College of Law • Red Cedar River • Saints' Rest (destroyed by fire) • State News Building (under construction) • Spartan Stadium • Sparty