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[[Image:WestHall2.jpg|thumb|240px|West Hall seen behind Low Library looking west. Mathematics is in the background]]
 
[[Image:WestHall1.jpg|thumb|240px|West Hall, seen between Low Library and Mathematics]]
 
[[Image:WestHall1.jpg|thumb|240px|West Hall, seen between Low Library and Mathematics]]
[[Image:WestHall.jpg|thumb|240px|Superintendent's House, visible between [[Lewisohn]] and [[Low Library]]]]
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'''West Hall''' was a building located roughly where [[Dodge Hall]] is today. It was part of the [[Bloomingdale Insane Asylum]]'s main complex. When Columbia moved to the site it made use of the building for a few years before demolishing it. It housed a number of offices and student group space, including the [[Philolexian Society]] and the [[Spectator]]. It can still be seen in early drawings and pictures of the campus.
'''West Hall''' was a building located directly west of [[Low Library]]. Like [[Buell Hall]], West Hall was a leftover from the days of the [[Bloomingdale Insane Asylum]]. It housed a number of offices and student group space, including the [[Philolexian Society]] and the [[Spectator]]. It was eventually demolished, but can still be seen in early drawings and pictures of the campus.
 
 
 
West Hall was part of the Asylum's main complex. Separate from West Hall was the Superintendent's House, which had housed the Men's Faculty Club. It mirrored the location of Buell and was demolished to make way for [[Dodge Hall]]. [[Faculty House]] was built as a new space for the faculty.
 
  
 
[[Category:Demolished buildings on the Morningside Heights campus]]
 
[[Category:Demolished buildings on the Morningside Heights campus]]

Revision as of 02:14, 16 December 2007

West Hall seen behind Low Library looking west. Mathematics is in the background
West Hall, seen between Low Library and Mathematics

West Hall was a building located roughly where Dodge Hall is today. It was part of the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum's main complex. When Columbia moved to the site it made use of the building for a few years before demolishing it. It housed a number of offices and student group space, including the Philolexian Society and the Spectator. It can still be seen in early drawings and pictures of the campus.