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The History of the University of Arkansas began with its establishment in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1871 under the Morrill Act, as the Arkansas Industrial College. Over the period of its nearly 140-year history, the school has grown from two small buildings on a hilltop to a university with diverse colleges and prominent graduate programs.
Arkansas Union. The Arkansas Union (sometimes referred to simply as the union) is at the center of campus and student life. It contains a large computer lab with over 70 computers, a coffee shop (Hill Coffee Co.), the campus multicultural center, movie theater, auditorium, ballroom, food court, bus station, post office, offices for student government and student organizations, a satellite ...
Futrall Memorial Hall, usually just Memorial Hall, originally Student Union at the University of Arkansas is a building on the university's campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in September 1992 as Student Union Building-University of Arkansas, Fayetteville .
Old Main was constructed between 1873 and 1875 as part of a land grant for the state of Arkansas. [4] At this time it was known as University Hall. [2] It was designed by Chicago architect John Mills Van Osdel, [3] and construction was carried out by William Mayes of the firm of Mayes and Oliver. [5]
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The new stadium cost approximately $492,000 and was funded by the Works Progress Administration, with the University of Arkansas only paying 22% of the contract. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The stadium opened for the 1938 football season as University Stadium, holding a capacity of 13,500 spectators.
Vol Walker Hall (earlier Vol Walker Library) is a building on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It contains the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design . [ 3 ] The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Gearhart Hall at the University of Arkansas is a building on the university's campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [ 2 ]